Ribes menziesii |
Ribes echinellum |
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canyon gooseberry, coast prickly gooseberry, gooseberry |
Miccosukee gooseberry |
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Habit | Plants 1–2 m. Stems erect, pubescent, glandular-bristly; spines at nodes mostly 3, 10–15(–20) mm; prickles on internodes dense. | Plants 0.7–1.5 m. Stems erect or recurving, (rooting at nodes), glabrous or, rarely, pubescent; spines at nodes 2–3, 5–16 mm; prickles on internodes absent. |
Leaves | petiole 1–2.5 cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; blade broadly ovate, 3–5-lobed, cleft less than 1/2 to midrib, 1.5–2.5 cm, base semitruncate or slightly cordate, surfaces abaxially pubescent and sessile- or stipitate-glandular, adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins crenate-dentate, apex rounded. |
petiole to 3 cm, puberulent and stipitate-glandular; blade obovate to rotund, 3-lobed, cleft 3/4 to midrib, 1–3 cm, base rounded-cuneate, truncate, or subcordate, surfaces puberulent and stipitate-glandular, lobes oblong to rounded, margins with 2–4 rounded teeth, apex rounded to broadly acute. |
Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, glandular. |
spreading, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis pilose or puberulent and stipitate-glandular. |
Pedicels | not jointed, 3–6 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 3–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
not jointed, 1–9 mm, pilose and densely stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate-ovate, 1.5–2 mm, pilose, rarely stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | hypanthium crimson, conic, 2.5–3.5 mm (1/4–1/3 as long as sepals), white-pilose, with red, stalked glands and red bristles; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, reddish purple or greenish purple, oblong-lanceolate, 7–11 mm; petals connivent, erect, white or pinkish to yellow, broadly flabellate-cuneate, often with inrolled margins, 3–4 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 1.5–1.8 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 3–5 mm, glabrous; anthers white or tan, lanceolate-sagittate, 2.5 mm, apex acute, mucronate; ovary somewhat pubescent and strongly purplish glandular-bristly with longer glandless bristles among gland-tipped hairs; styles connate to middle, 6–8 mm, glabrous. |
hypanthium greenish white, tubular, 4.5–5 mm, puberulent; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, cream, oblong-rounded, 5–7 mm; petals not connivent, erect, white, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, inrolled and appearing tubular, 2–3 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 4–5 times longer than petals; filaments linear, 9–15 mm, pilose; anthers reddish pink, oblong, 0.7–1.6 mm, apex rounded; ovary with gland-tipped bristles; styles connate 3/4 their lengths, 10–20 mm, glabrous. |
Berries | not palatable, reddish purple, ellipsoid-globose, 10–13 mm, pubescent, glandular-bristly. |
palatability not known, purplish, globose, 12 mm, spiny (spines with flattened apex). |
Ribes menziesii |
Ribes echinellum |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–May. | Flowering Mar–Apr. |
Habitat | Ravines, wooded canyon slopes | Rich woods |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) | 50-200 m (200-700 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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FL; SC |
Discussion | Varieties of Ribes menziesii that have been recognized in the past include: var. hystrix, which occurs in the inner South Coast Ranges, is not particularly aromatic, has leaves glandular abaxially, filament lengths equal to the petals, and berries with glandular and nonglandular hairs; var. ixoderme, which occurs in the Sierra Nevada foothills, is aromatic, has leaves glandular abaxially, filament lengths longer than petals, and berries with glandular and nonglandular hairs; var. leptosmum, which occurs in the outer North Coast Ranges and San Francisco Bay area, is not particularly fragrant, has filament lengths longer than petals, and berries densely covered with gland-tipped bristles and without nonglandular hairs; var. senile, which occurs in the southwestern part of the San Francisco Bay area, is not particularly fragrant, has leaves with relatively few glands abaxially, filament lengths 1.5 times the petals, and berries with dense, soft, white hairs and gland-tipped bristles. M. R. Mesler and J. O. Sawyer Jr. (1993) concluded that the differences are not sufficient for recognizing these taxa. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Ribes echinellum is known from three sites in Jefferson and Gadsen counties, Florida, and one in McCormick County, South Carolina. Q. P. Sinnott (1985) cited the glabrous style, tubular petals, and greenish sepals of R. echinellum when he disagreed with A. Berger’s (1924) inclusion of it in sect. Grossularia; studies by M. Weigend et al. (2002) and L. M. Schultheis and M. J. Donoghue (2004) support retaining R. echinellum in sect. Grossularia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. | FNA vol. 8, p. 41. |
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes |
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Synonyms | Grossularia hystrix, Grossularia leptosma, Grossularia menziesii, Grossularia senilis, R. menziesii var. hystrix, R. menziesii var. ixoderme, R. menziesii var. leptosmum, R. menziesii var. senile | Grossularia echinella |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 732. 1813 , | (Coville) Rehder: J. Arnold Arbor. 7: 148. 1926 , |
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