Ribes indecorum (White Chaparral Currant)

3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: White Chaparral Currant

SPECIES: Ribes indecorum

FAMILY: Grossulariaceae (Gooseberry Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/24/19

LOCATION: Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Plant < 3 m. 

Stem: nodal spines 0. 

Leaf: blade 1--4 cm, thick, finely serrate, adaxially green, hairy, rough, glandular, abaxially white, tomentose. 

Inflorescence: 10--25-flowered, open; bracts pink. 

Flower: hypanthium 4--5 mm, barely longer than wide, white; sepals 1--2 mm, white; petals 1 mm, white; styles fused +- to tip, hairy at least at base. 

Fruit: 6--7 mm, purple, hairy; glands stalked. 

Ecology: Chaparral, coastal-sage scrub; 

Elevation: 20--1760 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: SCoRO, SCo, TR, PR; 

Distribution Outside California: northern Baja California. 

Flowering Time: Dec--Mar 

Jepson eFlora Author: Michael R. Mesler & John O. Sawyer, Jr.