Ribes roezlii |
Ribes speciosum |
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shiny-leaf gooseberry, Sierra gooseberry, Sierran gooseberry |
fuchsia-flower gooseberry |
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Habit | Plants 0.5–1.2 m. Stems erect, pubescent; spines at nodes 1–3, 4–8 mm; prickles on internodes absent. | Plants mostly evergreen, 0.5–3 m. Stems spreading, glabrous; spines at nodes 3, 10–20 mm; prickles on internodes dense. | ||||||||
Leaves | petiole 0.6–1.8 cm, pubescent; blade roundish, 3–5-lobed, cleft 1/3–3/4 to midrib, 1.2–2.5 cm, base truncate to cordate, surfaces glabrous, softly ciliate, or puberulent or densely hoary-pubescent, not glandular abaxially, puberulent adaxially, lobes rounded, margins toothed, apex rounded. |
petiole 0.5–2 cm, stipitate-glandular; blade roundish, usually unlobed, very shallowly cleft, 1–3.5 cm, base cuneate, surfaces glabrous, lobes, if present, with straight sides, margins with few, shallow teeth, apex rounded. |
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Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
pendent, solitary flowers or 2–4-flowered racemes, 2–7 cm (longer than leaves), axis pubescent, stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced. |
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Pedicels | not jointed, 1–2 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 4–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
not jointed, 8–12 mm, bristly and glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 4–8 mm, pubescent and stipitate-glandular. |
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Flowers | hypanthium maroon, narrowly tubular, 6 mm (1/2 as long as sepals), glabrous, puberulent, or densely hoary-pubescent, not stipitate-glandular; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, maroon, lanceolate, 7–10 mm; petals connivent, erect, white, oblong, inrolled, 3–5 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 1.5–2 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 4–5 mm, glabrous; anthers maroon, lanceolate, somewhat sagittate, 3–4 mm, apex apiculate; ovary white-hairy and bristly, a few bristles gland-tipped; styles connate nearly to middle, 9–11 mm, glabrous. |
hypanthium red, very broadly conic, wider than long, 2–3 mm, glandular; sepals 4, connivent into tube, erect, red, strap-shaped, 6–10 mm; petals 4, connivent, erect, red, oblong, margins curled inward, 6–10 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 2–4 times as long as petals; filaments linear, 12–40 mm, glabrous; anthers purple or red, oval, slightly sagittate, 2 mm, apex rounded; ovary densely stipitate-glandular; styles connate ± completely, 15–45 mm, glabrous. |
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Berries | palatable, purple, globose, 14–25 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular, longer hairs not gland-tipped, with long, stout, glandular or eglandular spines. |
palatability not known, orangish red, ovoid, 10–12 mm, densely glandular-bristly. |
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Ribes roezlii |
Ribes speciosum |
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Phenology | Flowering Nov–Jun. | |||||||||
Habitat | Coastal-sage scrub, chaparral | |||||||||
Elevation | 0-600 m (0-2000 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Ribes roezlii occurs in the South Coast and North Coast ranges of California and adjacent Oregon and in the Sierra Nevada in California and adjacent Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Ribes speciosum occurs in the South Coast Ranges from Monterey County through San Diego into northern Baja California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 31. | FNA vol. 8, p. 30. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Grossularia roezlii | Grossularia speciosa | ||||||||
Name authority | Regel: Gartenflora 28: 226, plate 982, figs. 1–3. 1879 (as roezli) , | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 731. 1813 , | ||||||||
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