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fuchsia-flower gooseberry

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ribes roezlii

Ribes speciosum

Phenology Flowering Nov–Jun.
Habitat Coastal-sage scrub, chaparral
Elevation 0-600 m (0-2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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from FNA
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.)

Key
1. Leaf blades abaxially glabrous (except for soft ciliation); hypanthia and sepals glabrous.
var. cruentum
1. Leaf blades abaxially puberulent or densely hoary-pubescent; hypanthia and sepals puberulent or densely hoary-pubescent
→ 2
2. Spines on berries without glands; leaf blades abaxially puberulent; hypanthia and sepals puberulent.
var. roezlii
2. Spines on berries gland-tipped; leaf blades abaxially densely hoary-pubescent; hypanthia and sepals densely hoary-pubescent.
var. amictum
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 31. FNA vol. 8, p. 30.
Parent taxa Grossulariaceae > Ribes Grossulariaceae > Ribes
Sibling taxa
R. acerifolium, R. amarum, R. americanum, R. aureum, R. binominatum, R. bracteosum, R. californicum, R. canthariforme, R. cereum, R. curvatum, R. cynosbati, R. diacanthum, R. divaricatum, R. echinellum, R. erythrocarpum, R. glandulosum, R. hirtellum, R. hudsonianum, R. indecorum, R. inerme, R. lacustre, R. lasianthum, R. laxiflorum, R. leptanthum, R. lobbii, R. malvaceum, R. marshallii, R. menziesii, R. mescalerium, R. missouriense, R. montigenum, R. nevadaense, R. nigrum, R. niveum, R. oxyacanthoides, R. pinetorum, R. quercetorum, R. rotundifolium, R. rubrum, R. sanguineum, R. sericeum, R. speciosum, R. thacherianum, R. triste, R. tularense, R. uva-crispa, R. velutinum, R. viburnifolium, R. victoris, R. viscosissimum, R. watsonianum, R. wolfii
R. acerifolium, R. amarum, R. americanum, R. aureum, R. binominatum, R. bracteosum, R. californicum, R. canthariforme, R. cereum, R. curvatum, R. cynosbati, R. diacanthum, R. divaricatum, R. echinellum, R. erythrocarpum, R. glandulosum, R. hirtellum, R. hudsonianum, R. indecorum, R. inerme, R. lacustre, R. lasianthum, R. laxiflorum, R. leptanthum, R. lobbii, R. malvaceum, R. marshallii, R. menziesii, R. mescalerium, R. missouriense, R. montigenum, R. nevadaense, R. nigrum, R. niveum, R. oxyacanthoides, R. pinetorum, R. quercetorum, R. roezlii, R. rotundifolium, R. rubrum, R. sanguineum, R. sericeum, R. thacherianum, R. triste, R. tularense, R. uva-crispa, R. velutinum, R. viburnifolium, R. victoris, R. viscosissimum, R. watsonianum, R. wolfii
Subordinate taxa
R. roezlii var. amictum, R. roezlii var. cruentum, R. roezlii var. roezlii
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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