Ribes mescalerium

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Mescalero currant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species: R. mescalerium
Binomial name
Ribes mescalerium
Coville
Synonyms[1]

Ribes inebrians var. mescalerium (Coville) Jancz.

Ribes mescalerium, called the Mescalero Currant, is a shrub native to southeastern New Mexico, western Texas, and the Mexican State of Chihuahua. It grows in open areas in the mountains at elevation of 2100-3500 m (7000-12,000 feet).[2]


Ribes mescalerium reaches a height of up to 2 m (6 feet). Leaves are palmately lobed. Flowers are borne on a pendulent (hanging) raceme of 6-10 white flowers. Fruits are round, black up to 8 mm (0.3 inches) across, juicy and good-tasting.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ Flora of North America v 8 p 23.
  3. ↑ Coville, Frederick Vernon. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13(41): 196–198. 1900.
  4. ↑ Janczewski, Eduard von Glinka. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 35(3): 336. 1907.
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