Ribes ruizii

Rehder

Skunk currant

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in damp woods in the Rocky Mountains.

Alaska, Canada, North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A straggling shrub. It grows up to 1 m high. It does not have spines or bristles. The leaves are thin and deeply lobed. There are 5-7 lobes. It has a bad smell when rubbed. They turn red in autumn. The flowers are pale pink or white. They are on erect stalks. The fruit are red berries which have glands and bristles.

Notes

There are about 150 Ribes species.

Names & Synonyms

Fetid currant

Ribes glandulosum Ruiz & PavSee Ribes valdivianum

References (7)

Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994) (As Ribes glandulosum)
Heller, C. A., 1962, Wild Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska. Univ. of Alaska Extension Service. p 42
Lyle, S., 2006, Discovering fruit and nuts. Land Links. p 384 (As Ribes glandulosum)
Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 477
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Ribes glandulosum)
Pl. min. cog. 2. 1784 (As Ribes glandulosum)
Porsild, A.E., 1974, Rocky Mountain Wild Flowers. Natural History Series No. 2 National Museums of Canada. p 216 (As Ribes glandulosum)

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