Ribes menziesii |
Ribes hirtellum |
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canyon gooseberry, coast prickly gooseberry, gooseberry |
groseillier hérissé, hairy-stem gooseberry, wild 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 0.5–1.5 m. Stems erect to sprawling, glabrous or pubescent, glabrescent; spines at nodes absent or 1–3, 3–8 mm; prickles on internodes absent, sometimes present, scattered. |
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 0.7–1.5(–2) cm, pilose; blade roundish to rhombic, 5–7-lobed, cleft nearly 1/2 to midrib, 1–2.5 cm, base broadly cuneate to truncate, surfaces softly pubescent to glabrous, not glandular, lobes cuneate, long-deltate, margins toothed, apex broadly acute. |
Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, glandular. |
pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered corymbs, 0.5–1.5 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely pilose. |
Pedicels | not jointed, 3–6 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 3–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
not jointed, 2–5 mm, glabrous; bracts ovate to deltate, 1–2 mm, villous-ciliate with simple hairs. |
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, obconic to campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous or pilose to densely pilose; sepals not overlapping, erect, recurved in age, greenish white or with purplish tinge along margins, broadly oblong, 3–4 mm; petals connivent, erect, white to purple tinged, spatulate-obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.7–2.5 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 2 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 3–4.5 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oval, 0.2–0.3 mm, apex rounded; ovary glabrous; styles connate to middle, 3–4.5 mm, villous in proximal 1/2. |
Berries | not palatable, reddish purple, ellipsoid-globose, 10–13 mm, pubescent, glandular-bristly. |
palatable, greenish to purplish, globose, 6–7 mm, glabrous. |
2n | = 16. |
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Ribes menziesii |
Ribes hirtellum |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–May. | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Ravines, wooded canyon slopes | Rocky woods and cliffs, coastal thickets and heathlands, cedar and tamarack swamps, riverbottom forests, swales in sandhills, treed wetlands |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) | 0-2200 m (0-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CT; DC; IA; IL; IN; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SD; VT; WI; WV; AB; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. | FNA vol. 8, p. 36. |
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 | R. hirtellum var. calcicola, R. hirtellum var. saxosum, R. oxyacanthoides var. calcicola, R. oxyacanthoides var. hirtellum, R. oxyacanthoides var. saxosum |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 732. 1813 , | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 111. 1803 , |
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