Ribes divaricatum |
Ribes divaricatum var. divaricatum |
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coast black gooseberry, coastal black gooseberry, spreading gooseberry, straggly currant, straggly gooseberry, wild black gooseberry |
coast black gooseberry, spreading gooseberry, straggly gooseberry, wild black gooseberry |
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Habit | Plants 1–3 m. Stems erect to spreading, ± pubescent throughout; spines at nodes absent or 1–3, 5–20 mm; prickles on internodes absent or sparse. | |||||||||
Leaves | petiole 1–3 cm, pilose with glandular and eglandular hairs, some plumose hairs at base; blade roundish to nearly reniform, 3- (or 5-)lobed, cleft 1/2 to midrib, proximal segments again shallowly cleft into 2 unequal lobes, 2–3.5 cm, base rounded to cordate, surfaces pubescent abaxially, subglabrous or finely pubescent adaxially, lobes cuneate, margins prominently crenate-serrate, apex rounded. |
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Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2–4-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis glabrous or pilose, flowers evenly spaced. |
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Pedicels | not jointed, 3–12 mm, glabrous or pilose; bracts oval, 1–2 mm, glabrous or ciliate with stiff hairs and glands. |
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Flowers | hypanthium greenish or purplish, obconic, 1.5–3.5 mm, glabrous or copiously pubescent; sepals not overlapping, spreading-reflexed, red or reddish or purplish green, narrowly oblong-deltate, 3.4–6 mm; petals distally nearly connivent to overlapping, erect, white or pink to red, cuneate-lunate to obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.2–3 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 2.5–3.5 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 3.5–7 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oval, 1 mm, apex rounded; ovary glabrous; styles connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, 5–11 mm, copiously pilose-villous in proximal 3/4. |
hypanthium obconic, 1.7–2.5 × 2.5–3 mm, glabrous or scattered-pubescent; sepals 4–6 mm; petals white, 2–3 mm; filaments 5–7 mm; styles 8–11 mm. |
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Berries | palatable, purplish black, subglobose, 6–12 mm, glabrous. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Ribes divaricatum |
Ribes divaricatum var. divaricatum |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. | |||||||||
Habitat | Stream-sides, woods, open forests, edges of meadows, thickets, roadsides, fencerows | |||||||||
Elevation | 0-600 m (0-2000 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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OR; WA; BC |
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Hybrids between Ribes divaricatum and R. niveum and R. divaricatum and R. lobbii have been propagated for the horticultural trade. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 38. | FNA vol. 8, p. 38. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes > Ribes divaricatum | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Grossularia divaricata | |||||||||
Name authority | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 515. 1830 , | unknown | ||||||||
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