Wildflowers Found in Oregon Stink Currant Ribes bracteosum - Locally common, late-spring-early summer, perennial, 4-9 ft. Erect shrub with long upright clusters of white flowers. Stems thornless, sparsely hairy. Leaf 2-7 in. across, palmately divided, with 5-7 lobes; top surface shiny; lower surface with yellow glands, Skunky-smelling. Inflorescence consists of 20-50 flowers in upright spike 6-12 in. long. Flower saucer-shaped, with green sepals and white petals. Fruit bluish black with bluish waxy powder. Grows in moist to wet places along streams, in thickets and woods, below 4500 ft., mostly west of Cascade Mountain crest. Native On to Next Flower ⇨Hi-Res Pic (222K) Hi-Res Pic Flowers (163K) Hi-Res Pic Berry (95K) Return to Thumb Page 21 Return to Wildflower Alpha List - Page 4> |