Pinkish sepals twice as long as whitish petals. Cultivated, Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Beach., CA. 2-23-08. © Joan Avise |
Chaparral Currant Ribes malvaceum, var.viridiflorumCultivated variant. The wild form that grows in many areas of the Santa Ana Mountains and canyons has all pink flowers. Back to Grossulareaceae of Orange County, California |
Hairy flowers. UCI Arboretum, Irvine, CA. 3-19-11. © Joan Avise |
Variant with all pink flower. UCI Arboretum, Irvine, CA. 3-19-11. © Joan Avise |
3-6' shrub. Cultivated. Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Beach., CA. © Joan Avise |
Large, sticky, hairy wrinkled leaves. UCI Arboretum, Irvine, CA. 3-19-11. © Joan Avise |
10-25 flowers in each drooping raceme. Cultivated, Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Beach., CA. 2-23-08. © Joan Avise |