B132 



WESTERN BLACK CURRANT 



Ri'bes petiola're 



Outer united flower parts 

 (calyx) greenish, short-open- 

 tubular, with 5 white, egg- 

 shaped, blunt-tipped lobes 

 about y t in. long 



Stems smooth, without spines 

 or prickles 



Leaves alternate, large, up to 

 4 in. wide, thin, resin-dotted 

 beneath, nearly hairless, pal- 

 mately veined and lobed; lobes 

 3 to 5, broad, egg-shaped, 

 pointed, sharply toothed; leaf- 

 stalks (petioles) often longer 

 than leaves 



Flower clusters (racemes) 

 erect, up to about 5 in. long, 

 borne in leaf axils, 25- to 50- 

 flowered; flowers stalked; stalks 

 jointed just below flowers, each 

 with a small, narrow bract at 

 base 



Petals 5, very small, white, 

 attached to calyx-tube mouth, 

 alternating with the 5 stamens 



Berry black, somewhat globe- 

 shaped, about % in, in diam- 

 eter, glandular, tipped with 

 withered-persistent flower parts, 

 breaking off at stalk joint when 

 ripe 



