Ribes menziesii |
Ribes sericeum |
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canyon gooseberry, coast prickly gooseberry, gooseberry |
lucia gooseberry, Santa Lucia 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 1–2 m. Stems erect, densely hairy, bristly, bristles often gland-tipped; spines at nodes 3, 6–12 mm; prickles on internodes dense, often gland-tipped. |
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 0.5–1.5 cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; blade round-ovate, 3–5-lobed, cleft nearly 1/3 to midrib, 1–3.5 cm, base shallowly cordate, surfaces villous, stipitate-glandular, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins with 2–5 rounded teeth, apex rounded. |
Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, glandular. |
pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 3.5–4.5 cm, axis stipitate-glandular and pilose. |
Pedicels | not jointed, 3–6 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 3–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
not jointed, 5–10 mm, pilose, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate, 1–2 mm, pilose, 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 green, conic to campanulate, 3–4 mm, sericeous; sepals not overlapping, strongly reflexed, greenish red, long-triangular, 6–8 mm; petals connivent, erect, white, oblong-deltate-spatulate, strongly concave abaxially, 4–6 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 2 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 1–1.3 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oblong, 1.5–1.8 mm, apex blunt or rounded; ovary pubescent, copiously glandular-bristly; styles connate 3/4 their lengths, 15 mm, glabrous. |
Berries | not palatable, reddish purple, ellipsoid-globose, 10–13 mm, pubescent, glandular-bristly. |
palatability not known, purple, globose, 15–25 mm, glandular-bristly. |
Ribes menziesii |
Ribes sericeum |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–May. | Flowering Apr–May. |
Habitat | Ravines, wooded canyon slopes | Streamsides |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
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 sericeum is known primarily from the Santa Lucia Mountains; a disjunct population occurs north of Figueroa Mountain in Santa Barbara County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. | FNA vol. 8, p. 34. |
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 sericea |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 732. 1813 , | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 246, plate 24, fig. 9a–f. 1902 , |
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