Ribes gayanum (Spach) Steud.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Ribes gayanum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/ribes/ribes-gayanum/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Genus

Synonyms

  • Rebis (sic) gayanum Spach
  • R. villosum C. Gay, not Nutt.

Glossary

calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
inflorescence
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.
ovary
Lowest part of the carpel containing the ovules; later developing into the fruit.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Ribes gayanum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/ribes/ribes-gayanum/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

An unarmed evergreen shrub 3 to 5 ft high; the young wood, leaf-stalks, flower-stalks, ovary, and calyx shaggy with soft hairs. Leaves stout, greyish, very broadly or roundish ovate, 1 to 2 in. long and broad, the three lobes rounded and toothed, the base usually straight, downy on both sides. Flowers bell-shaped, yellow, honey-scented, closely packed in erect, cylindrical racemes, 1 to 2 in. long, 12 in. in diameter. Berries about the size of peas, purple-black, hairy. Bot. Mag., t. 7611.

Native of central Chile. A handsome evergreen, and distinct in the shape and colour of its inflorescence, and the hairiness of its various parts. Some forms are less downy. Flowers in early June. It has been cultivated at Kew for many years, and is quite hardy.