Ribes menziesii |
Ribes quercetorum |
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canyon gooseberry, coast prickly gooseberry, gooseberry |
oak gooseberry, oakwoods gooseberry, rock 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 0.6–1.5 m. Stems arched, spreading, puberulent; spines at nodes usually 1, 5–15 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 1–3 cm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular; blade roundish, deeply 3-lobed, cleft 1/2+ to midrib, sometimes with 2 shorter lobes proximally, 1–3 cm, base truncate to cordate, surfaces puberulent and stipitate-glandular, lobes cuneate, rounded, margins acutely 2–4-toothed, apex blunt-toothed. |
Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, glandular. |
spreading, 2–3-flowered racemes, 1–1.5 cm, axis puberulent and glandular, flowers evenly spaced. |
Pedicels | not jointed, 3–6 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 3–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
not jointed, 1–1.5 mm, densely puberulent and glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 1–1.5 mm, puberulent and 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 yellow, tubular, 2–3 mm, puberulent; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, yellow, narrowly oblong, 3 mm; petals connivent, erect, white, narrowly obovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens slightly longer than petals; filaments linear, 1 mm, glabrous; anthers yellow, oval, 0.7–1 mm, apex with cup-shaped depression; ovary subglabrous; styles completely connate, 4.5 mm, glabrous. |
Berries | not palatable, reddish purple, ellipsoid-globose, 10–13 mm, pubescent, glandular-bristly. |
palatable, black, globose, 7–8 mm, glabrous. |
Ribes menziesii |
Ribes quercetorum |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–May. | Flowering Nov–May. |
Habitat | Ravines, wooded canyon slopes | Rocky slopes and canyon walls, dry slopes in woodlands |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) | 0-2500 m (0-8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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.) |
Ribes quercetorum occurs in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, the inner Coast Ranges south to the western Colorado Desert in California (and into Baja California), and the mountains of south-central Arizona. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. | FNA vol. 8, p. 28. |
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 quercetorum |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 732. 1813 , | Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 83. 1885 , |
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