Ribes valdivianum Phil.

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

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

Genus

Synonyms

  • R. glandulosum sec . C. Gay, not Ruiz & Pavon

Glossary

apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
axil
Angle between the upper side of a leaf and the stem.
bract
Reduced leaf often subtending flower or inflorescence.
cordate
Heart-shaped (i.e. with two equal lobes at the base).
globose
globularSpherical or globe-shaped.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
raceme
Unbranched inflorescence with flowers produced laterally usually with a pedicel. racemose In form of raceme.
unisexual
Having only male or female organs in a flower.

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Credits

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

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

A deciduous shrub 6 to 12 ft high, much branched; stems grey-hairy at first, sometimes producing sucker growths. Leaves ovate, 1 to 212 in. long, often nearly as wide, the base varying from cordate to slightly tapered, mostly three-lobed and coarsely toothed, apex pointed to rounded, bright green above, paler beneath and downy on the veins; stalk 12 to 113 in. long. Flowers yellow, 18 in. wide, 13 in. long, borne on downy, unisexual racemes, arching or pendulous, the males the larger and up to 3 in. long by 12 in. wide; each raceme comes from the axil of a small, pointed bract; main and individual stalks greyish-hairy. Fruits globose, 13 in. wide, purplish black, hairy, edible. Bot. Mag., t. 9647.

Native of the forest region of Chile from 38° to 42° S., and of bordering parts of Argentina; in cultivation at Kew at the end of the last century; reintroduced by H. F. Comber in 1926 from San Martin de los Andes in Argentina. It blooms in late April and May. Except for its liability to injury by late spring frosts, it is hardy. Some of its forms are described as having green flowers. The yellow-flowered ones are quite attractive.