Ribes divaricatum |
Ribes roezlii |
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coast black gooseberry, coastal black gooseberry, spreading gooseberry, straggly currant, straggly gooseberry, wild black gooseberry |
shiny-leaf gooseberry, Sierra gooseberry, Sierran 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. | Plants 0.5–1.2 m. Stems erect, pubescent; spines at nodes 1–3, 4–8 mm; prickles on internodes absent. | ||||||||||||||||
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. |
petiole 0.6–1.8 cm, pubescent; blade roundish, 3–5-lobed, cleft 1/3–3/4 to midrib, 1.2–2.5 cm, base truncate to cordate, surfaces glabrous, softly ciliate, or puberulent or densely hoary-pubescent, not glandular abaxially, puberulent adaxially, lobes rounded, margins toothed, 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. |
pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
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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. |
not jointed, 1–2 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 4–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
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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 maroon, narrowly tubular, 6 mm (1/2 as long as sepals), glabrous, puberulent, or densely hoary-pubescent, not stipitate-glandular; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, maroon, lanceolate, 7–10 mm; petals connivent, erect, white, oblong, inrolled, 3–5 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 1.5–2 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 4–5 mm, glabrous; anthers maroon, lanceolate, somewhat sagittate, 3–4 mm, apex apiculate; ovary white-hairy and bristly, a few bristles gland-tipped; styles connate nearly to middle, 9–11 mm, glabrous. |
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Berries | palatable, purplish black, subglobose, 6–12 mm, glabrous. |
palatable, purple, globose, 14–25 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular, longer hairs not gland-tipped, with long, stout, glandular or eglandular spines. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Ribes divaricatum |
Ribes roezlii |
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Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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CA; NV; OR
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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.) |
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Ribes roezlii occurs in the South Coast and North Coast ranges of California and adjacent Oregon and in the Sierra Nevada in California and adjacent Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 38. | FNA vol. 8, p. 31. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Grossularia divaricata | Grossularia roezlii | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 515. 1830 , | Regel: Gartenflora 28: 226, plate 982, figs. 1–3. 1879 (as roezli) , | ||||||||||||||||
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