Ribes menziesii |
Ribes montigenum |
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canyon gooseberry, coast prickly gooseberry, gooseberry |
alpine prickly currant, gooseberry currant, mountain gooseberry, western prickly 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 spreading or decumbent, copiously pubescent, puberulent, and stipitate-glandular; spines at nodes 1–5, (1.5–)4–6(–10) mm; prickles on internodes sparse to dense. |
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 0.7–4(–5) cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; blade pentagonal, irregularly 5-lobed, cleft 2/3–3/4 to midrib, (0.5–)1–3.5(–4) cm, base cordate, surfaces densely pubescent or stipitate-glandular, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins irregularly serrate, toothed apex somewhat acute. |
Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, glandular. |
pendent, 3–8(–11)-flowered racemes, 2–3 cm, axis puberulent, stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced. |
Pedicels | not jointed, 3–6 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 3–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
jointed, 1–4(–5) mm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate-ovate, 1.3–3 mm, puberulent, 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 pinkish to orangish, saucer-shaped, 0.5–1.5 mm, pubescent and stipitate-glandular abaxially, glabrous adaxially; sepals separated, spreading, green to yellowish, pink, red, orange, or white, sometimes with pale yellow, scarious margins, broadly ovate to obovate, 2.5–4 mm; petals widely separated, erect, red, pinkish, or purplish, cuneate-lunate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 0.9–1.5 mm; nectary disc yellowish, pinkish, or red, flat, 5-angled, covering most of ovary; stamens as long as petals; filaments linear, (0.5–)0.9–1.6 mm, glabrous; anthers yellow or cream, oblate to transversely elliptic, 0.5–0.8 mm, broader than long, apex notched; ovary sparsely to thickly, usually purplish glandular-bristly; styles connate ca. 4/5 their lengths, 1.1–1.8 mm, glabrous. |
Berries | not palatable, reddish purple, ellipsoid-globose, 10–13 mm, pubescent, glandular-bristly. |
somewhat palatable, bright red, obovoid-spheric, 5–10 mm, glandular-bristly. |
Ribes menziesii |
Ribes montigenum |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–May. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Ravines, wooded canyon slopes | Exposed ridges, open woods and slopes, talus |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) | 1300-4800 m (4300-15700 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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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.) |
The lobed, yellowish, pinkish, or red nectary discs and purplish red filaments of Ribes montigenum are striking. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. | FNA vol. 8, p. 26. |
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. nubigenum |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 732. 1813 , | McClatchie: Erythea 5: 38. 1897 , |
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