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| name = Chaparral Currant<br />
| image = Ribes malvaceum flowers 2004-02-23.jpg<br />
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]<br />
| familia = [[Grossulariaceae]]<br />
| genus = ''Ribes''<br />
| species = '''''R. malvaceum''''' <br />
| binomial = Ribes malvaceum<br />
| binomial_authority = [[James Edward Smith|Sm.]]<br />
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'''''Ribes malvaceum''''', called "chaparral currant", is a member of the [[Grossulariaceae]] (gooseberry family). It is endemic to [[California]]. It occurs below 1500 m in [[chaparral]], [[foothill oak woodland]], and [[closed-cone pine forest]] ranging from [[Baja California]] to the [[San Francisco Bay]] area and inner Northern Coastal Ranges.<br />
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Less than 2 meters tall, this perennial shrub lacks the characteristic nodal spines which are demonstrated on the stems of many other members in the genus ''[[Ribes]]''. The leaf blades (20-50 mm) are densely hairy, glandular, and double toothed. <br />
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Infloresences are 10-25 flowered and open. The [[hypanthium]] (5-8 mm) is pink and about twice as long as it is wide. The sepals are pink-purple in color and are 4-6 mm. Petals are 2-3 mm and can range in color from pink-white. The flower also contains two fused [[styles]] which are fused to the tip and have a hairy base. A purple glaucous fruit (6-7 mm) is produced which is glandular and is covered by white hairs. <br />
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There are two varieties of ''R. malvaceum'':<br />
*var. ''malvaceum''<br />
*var. ''viridifolium''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Ribes+malvaceum Jepson Flora Project]<br />
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RIMA USDA Plants Database]<br />
*[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Ribes+malvaceum Cal Flora]<br />
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[[Category:Saxifragales]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of California]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Baja California]]<br />
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