Ribes bracteosum

{{Short description|Species of currant}}

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|image = Ribes bracteosum 9295.JPG

|genus = Ribes

|species = bracteosum

|authority = Dougl. 1832

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Ribes bracteosum, the stink currant,{{PLANTS|id=RIBR|taxon=Ribes bracteosum|accessdate=22 October 2015}} is a species of currant native to western coastal North America.

R. bracteosum is a deciduous shrub, without thorns, growing to {{convert|3|m|ft|-1|abbr=off}} tall.{{Cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLbAAwAAQBAJ |title=Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest |last2=Kuhlmann |first2=Ellen |date=2014 |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-1-60469-263-1 |edition=1st |location=Portland, OR |pages=201}} The leaves are {{convert|5-20|cm|in|0|abbr=off}} across, palmately lobed with 5 or 7 lobes. The flowers are produced in spring after the leaves emerge, on racemes {{convert|15-30|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long containing 20–40 flowers; each flower is {{convert|5-10|mm|in|frac=16|abbr=off}} in diameter, with five white or greenish-tinged petals. The fruit, born in clusters, is dark blue with a whitish bloom.{{Cite web |title=Ribes bracteosum in Flora of North America |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250065808 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=efloras.org}}{{gallery|mode=packed

|Stink Currant (2dff695461244e1a93411607d372f15e).JPG|Plant in the U.S.

|Ribes bracteosum 10366.JPG|Leaf structure

|Ribes bracteosum 6557.JPG|Buds

|Ribes bracteosum 9134.JPG|Close-up of flowers

|Ripened Stink Currants on Kaien Island, British Columbia, Canada.jpg|Ripe fruit

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