Ribes menziesii |
Ribes wolfii |
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canyon gooseberry, coast prickly gooseberry, gooseberry |
Rothrock currant, Winaha currant, Wolf's currant |
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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 1–5 m. Stems spreading to erect, finely crisped-puberulent, stipitate-glandular and with black, sessile glands; spines at nodes absent; 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–)1.7–4.5(–6) cm, finely crisped-puberulent, with colorless, stipitate and sessile glands, stipitate glands on margins of stipular expansion; blade rectangular, 3–5-lobed, shallowly to deeply cleft, 2–6(–7.5) cm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent, ciliate, sometimes with dark, stipitate or sessile, minute glands, especially abaxially, lobes nearly triangular, margins dentate, apex acute to broadly obtuse. |
Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, glandular. |
erect to spreading, (5–)7–25-flowered racemes, (3.5–)4.5–9.5(–12) cm, axis finely crisped-puberulent and stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced. |
Pedicels | not jointed, 3–6 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 3–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
jointed, (0.5–)1.5–6(–8.3) mm, finely crisped-puberulent and stipitate-glandular; bracts elliptic-lanceolate, (2.8–)3–5.2(–7) mm, puberulent-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 or pinkish, cup-shaped to turbinate, (0.8–)1.2–1.5(–2.1) mm, surfaces with scattered or dense, yellow or green, stipitate glands abaxially, glabrous adaxially; sepals not overlapping, spreading, greenish or pinkish, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, (2–)3.3–4.1 mm; petals widely separated, erect, cream, yellowish green, or pinkish, obovate or flabellate-cuneate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 0.9–1.5 mm; nectary disc not seen; stamens slightly longer than petals; filaments linear to slightly broader at base, 0.8–1.2 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oval, 0.5–0.6 mm, apex with dark, small depression; ovary glandular-pubescent with green, yellow, or colorless, short-stipitate glands; styles nearly distinct or connate to 1/2 their lengths, 1–2 mm, glabrous. |
Berries | not palatable, reddish purple, ellipsoid-globose, 10–13 mm, pubescent, glandular-bristly. |
palatable, black, ovoid, 3–12 mm, glandular-pubescent. |
Ribes menziesii |
Ribes wolfii |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–May. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Ravines, wooded canyon slopes | Moist woods and meadows |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) | 1600-3800 m (5200-12500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CO; ID; NM; OR; UT; WA
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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 mogollonicum is included here in R. wolfii because the two taxa, morphologically, seem to overlap completely. A. E. Senters and D. E. Soltis (2003) placed R. mogollonicum near R. viscosissimum and R. erythrocarpum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. | FNA vol. 8, p. 19. |
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. mogollonicum |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 732. 1813 , | Rothrock: Amer. Naturalist 8: 358. 1874 , |
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