Ribes roezlii |
Ribes pinetorum |
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shiny-leaf gooseberry, Sierra gooseberry, Sierran gooseberry |
orange 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 1–2 m. Stems erect to sprawling, tomentose, stipitate-glandular; spines at nodes 1–3, 5–12 mm; prickles on internodes absent. | ||||||||
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 1–2.5 cm, tomentose, stipitate-glandular; blade roundish to broadly triangular, 3–5-lobed, cleft 1/2 to midrib, 1–3 cm, base truncate to cuneate, surfaces pubescent, with long-stalked glands, or glabrous, lobes oblong, margins with rounded 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, 2–3 cm, axis stipitate-glandular. |
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Pedicels | not jointed, 1–2 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 4–5 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
not jointed, 2–3 mm, tomentose, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate, 1 mm, pubescent. |
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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 green, tubular, 6–8 mm, pubescent; sepals not overlapping, spreading, orange, orangish, or purplish, oblong-rounded, 6–16 mm; petals nearly connivent, erect, pale orange, oval to oblong, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 4–6 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens shorter than petals; filaments linear, 4 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oval to oblong, 1–1.3 mm, apex raised, notched; ovary densely bristly; styles connate nearly to stigma, 6–8 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. |
palatable, dark purple, globose, 10–15 mm, densely spiny. |
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Ribes roezlii |
Ribes pinetorum |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Sep. | |||||||||
Habitat | Coniferous forests | |||||||||
Elevation | 1900-3100 m (6200-10200 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR
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AZ; NM
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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 pinetorum is the most important member of the genus within its range for spread of white pine blister rust (E. P. Van Arsdel and B. W. Geils 2004). The anthers are connivent, separating in age. (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. 28. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Grossularia roezlii | |||||||||
Name authority | Regel: Gartenflora 28: 226, plate 982, figs. 1–3. 1879 (as roezli) , | Greene: Bot. Gaz. 6: 157. 1881 , | ||||||||
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