Ribes roezlii |
Ribes roezlii var. cruentum |
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shiny-leaf gooseberry, Sierra gooseberry, Sierran gooseberry |
Coast Ranges gooseberry, shiny-leaf gooseberry, Sierra gooseberry, spiny fruit 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. | |||||||||
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. |
blades abaxially glabrous (except for soft ciliation). |
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Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
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Pedicels | not jointed, 1–2 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts broadly ovate, 4–5 mm, pubescent, 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 glabrous; sepals 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. |
with eglandular spines. |
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Ribes roezlii |
Ribes roezlii var. cruentum |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. | |||||||||
Habitat | Lowland gravel bars, roadsides, stream banks, canyon hillsides, subalpine ridges | |||||||||
Elevation | 0-2300 m (0-7500 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR
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CA; OR |
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 31. | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes > Ribes roezlii | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Grossularia roezlii | R. cruentum, Grossularia cruenta | ||||||||
Name authority | Regel: Gartenflora 28: 226, plate 982, figs. 1–3. 1879 (as roezli) , | (Greene) Rehder: in L. H. Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5: 2962. (1916) | ||||||||
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