Vasilis Teodoridis:
Saxifragaceae | Ribes
57. Ribes glaciale Wallich in Roxburgh; Fl. Ind. 2: 513. 1824.
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Shrubs dioecious; 2-3(-5) m tall. Branchlets glabrous or slightly pubescent; unarmed. Buds brownish red; oblong; 4-7 mm; apex acute; scales herbaceous; glabrous. Petiole pinkish; 1-2 cm; glabrous or sparsely stalked glandular; leaf blade narrowly ovate; rarely suborbicular; 3-5 x 2-4 cm; abaxially puberulent along veins; adaxially glabrous or sparsely glandular hairy; base rounded to subtruncate; lobes 3-5; margin coarsely serrate; sometimes with some double teeth; terminal lobe narrowly triangular-ovate; 3-4 x as long as ovate lateral ones; apex acuminate. Male racemes 2-5 cm; 10-30-flowered; female ones 1-3 cm; 4-10-flowered; rachis and pedicels pubescent; shortly stalked glandular; bracts ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate; 3-5 mm; 1-veined; margin ciliate. Pedicel 2-4 mm. Calyx brownish red; glabrous; tube shallowly cupular; 1-2 mm; lobes erect; ovate to ligulate; 1-2.5 mm. Petals subflabellate to cuneate-spatulate; not equaling calyx lobes. Stamens equaling or longer than petals. Ovary obovoid-oblong; glabrous; rarely sparsely glandular hairy. Style 2-lobed at apex. Fruit red; sour tasting; subglobose to obovoid-globose; 0.5-0.7 cm in diam.; glabrous. Fl. Apr-Jun; fr. Jul-Sep.
Forests and thickets in mountain valleys; mountain slopes; rocks; 1900-3000 m. SE Gansu; Henan; W Hubei; Shaanxi; Sichuan; SE Xizang; NW Yunnan [Bhutan; N India; Kashmir; N Myanmar; Nepal; Sikkim].