Burke: Ribes sanguineum vs. Ribes velutinum

	Ribes sanguineum	Ribes velutinum
	blood currant, red currant, red flowering currant	desert gooseberry, Goodding's gooseberry
Habit	Erect, unarmed shrub 1-3 m. tall, with reddish-brown bark.
Leaves	Leaves alternate, petiolate, broadly reniform to deltoid-ovate, 2.5-6 cm. broad, the lower surface much paler and hairier than the upper, palmately 5-lobed, the lobes deltoid to rounded and finely denticulate.
Flowers	Inflorescence of erect, 10- to 20-flowered racemes; pedicels jointed; calyx pale to deep rose, finely pubescent; calyx tube 3-5 mm. long and nearly a broad, the 5 lobes oblong, equal to the tube, spreading; petals 5, white to light rose, obovate-spatulate, entire, 2.5-3.5 mm. long; stamens 5, equaling the petals, the filaments pinkish; styles 2, glabrous, fused almost to the stigmas; ovary inferior.
Fruits	Berry globose, 7-9 mm. long, glaucous-black.

	Ribes sanguineum	Ribes velutinum
Flowering time	February-June	March-May
Habitat	Open to wooded, moist to dry valleys and lower mountains.	Open areas in sagebrush-steppe and Ponderosa pine forests.
Distribution	Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in southeastern Washington; Washington to California, east to Montana, Utah, and Arizona. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	R. acerifolium, R. aureum, R. bracteosum, R. cereum, R. divaricatum, R. hudsonianum, R. inerme, R. lacustre, R. laxiflorum, R. lobbii, R. montigenum, R. nigrum, R. niveum, R. oxyacanthoides, R. rubrum, R. triste, R. velutinum, R. viscosissimum, R. watsonianum, R. wolfii	R. acerifolium, R. aureum, R. bracteosum, R. cereum, R. divaricatum, R. hudsonianum, R. inerme, R. lacustre, R. laxiflorum, R. lobbii, R. montigenum, R. nigrum, R. niveum, R. oxyacanthoides, R. rubrum, R. sanguineum, R. triste, R. viscosissimum, R. watsonianum, R. wolfii
Subordinate taxa	R. sanguineum var. sanguineum
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Ribes velutinum

blood currant, red currant, red flowering currant

desert gooseberry, Goodding's gooseberry

Habit

Erect, unarmed shrub 1-3 m. tall, with reddish-brown bark.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, petiolate, broadly reniform to deltoid-ovate, 2.5-6 cm. broad, the lower surface much paler and hairier than the upper, palmately 5-lobed, the lobes deltoid to rounded and finely denticulate.

Flowers

Inflorescence of erect, 10- to 20-flowered racemes;

pedicels jointed;

calyx pale to deep rose, finely pubescent;

calyx tube 3-5 mm. long and nearly a broad, the 5 lobes oblong, equal to the tube, spreading;

petals 5, white to light rose, obovate-spatulate, entire, 2.5-3.5 mm. long;

stamens 5, equaling the petals, the filaments pinkish;

styles 2, glabrous, fused almost to the stigmas;

ovary inferior.

Fruits

Berry globose, 7-9 mm. long, glaucous-black.