Hall's Sticky Currant, Ribes viscosissimum

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Ribes viscosissimum is a North American species of currant known by the common name sticky currant. It is native to western Canada and the western United States from British Columbia and Alberta south as far as California, Arizona, and Colorado. Ribes viscosissimum grows in mountain forests, streambanks, and plateau sagebrush. It is a spreading to erect shrub growing one to two meters (40-80 inches) in height, its stem coated in sticky glandular hairs but lacking spines and bristles. It is resinous and fragrant. The highly glandular leaves have thick, rough blades divided into 3 rounded, toothed lobes, the lobes about the same size rather than having the middle lobe larger than the others as in some related species. The blades may be 8 centimeters (3. 2 inches) long, borne on petioles up to 10 centimeters (4 inches) in length. The inflorescence is an erect or drooping raceme of several flowers clustered together. Each flower has a bell-shaped coat of five whitish, greenish, or pink-tinged sepals which spread at the tips into a corolla-like array, sometimes becoming reflexed. Inside are whitish petals surrounding the stamens and stigmas. The fruit is an edible blue-black berry a centimeter (0. 4 inch) long or longer.

Plant Description

Plant Type

Shrub

Size

3.3 - 6.6 ft tall

Form

Upright

Growth Rate

Moderate

Flower Color

White, Yellow, Blue, Black

Flowering Season

Spring

Wildlife Supported

Butterflies & moths hosted ( 80 likely * ) SHOW ALL

Hoary Comma Polygonia gracilisPolygonia gracilis

Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milbertiAglais milberti

Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrusPolygonia satyrus

Green Comma Polygonia faunusPolygonia faunus

Tailed Copper Lycaena arotaLycaena arota

Oreas Comma Polygonia oreasPolygonia oreas

White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata

Landscaping Information

Sun

Full Sun

Nurseries

Carried by 2

Soil Description

Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.

Common uses

Bird Gardens, Hummingbird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens

Sunset Zones?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7*, 15, 16

Natural Setting

Site Type

Wet places

Climate

Annual Precipitation: 13.0" - 132.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.27" - 4.41", Coldest Month: 9.5" - 55.2", Hottest Month: 33.1" - 79.3", Humidity: 0.59" - 24.19", Elevation: 71" - 13815"

Alternative Names

Botanical Names: Ribes viscosissimum var. hallii
Common Names: Sticky Flowering Currant

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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links: Jepson eFlora Taxon Page CalPhotos Wikipedia Calflora

Hall's Sticky Currant

Ribes viscosissimum

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