B131 



WAX CURRANT 



Ri'bes ce'reum 



Flower clusters (racemes) 1- to 9- 

 flowered, short, drooping, from the 



Flowers white, greenish, or pinkish, 

 short-stalked; stalks jointed just below 

 flowers, bracted at base; bract wedge- 

 to reverse-egg-shaped, toothed or lobed, 

 pressed rather closely around base of 

 flower, persistent 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) 

 cylindric-tubular, about 2K to 3 times 

 as long as wide, hairy, 5-lobed; lobes 

 short, egg.-shaped 



Petals 5, very small, white, rounded, 

 attached to calyx rim 



Stamens 5, short, alternating with 

 petals; pollen sacs (anthers) tipped 

 with tiny cuplike appendages 



Berry bright red, about }{ in. in 

 diameter, hairless or with tiny gland- 

 tipped hairs, tipped with withered- 

 persistent flower parts, falling from 

 stalk when ripe 



Leaves somewhat clustered at ends 

 of short, spurlike twigs, stalked, rounded 

 or kidney-shaped, usually broader than 

 long, hairy and white-waxy-gland- 

 dotted on either or both sides, shallowly 

 and palmately 3- to 5-lobed; lobes 

 rounded with scallop-toothed margins 



Twigs fine-hairy, without spines or 

 prickles; bark whitish 



