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shiny-leaf gooseberry, Sierra gooseberry, Sierran gooseberry

sequoia gooseberry, Tulare gooseberry

Habit Plants 0.5–1.2 m. Stems erect, pubescent; spines at nodes 1–3, 4–8 mm; prickles on internodes absent. Plants 0.1–0.5 m. Stems prostrate, villous-pubescent, stipitate-glandular; spines at nodes 3, 3–8(–10) mm; prickles on internodes scattered.
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 2–2.5 cm, puberulent;

blade roundish, irregularly 3(–5)-lobed, cleft 1/2+ to midrib, 2–5 cm, base broadly truncate, surfaces hairy, stipitate-glandular, lobes broadly cuneate, sides mostly straight or concave, margins very irregularly blunt-toothed, apex rounded.

Inflorescences

pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 2–4 cm, axis short-pubescent, stipitate-glandular.

pendent, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 1–1.5 cm, axis villous, 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, 2–4 mm, villous, stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 mm, villous, 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 green, campanulate, 2–4 mm (as wide as long), sparsely pubescent to villous;

sepals not overlapping, reflexed, green to white, narrowly oblong, abaxially shallowly concave, 6 mm;

petals separated, erect, white, oblong-truncate, somewhat inrolled, 2–3 mm;

nectary disc not prominent;

stamens shorter than to as long as petals;

filaments linear, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous;

anthers white, narrowly oblong, 1–1.8 mm, apex blunt;

ovary densely villous with some gland-tipped bristles;

styles connate 1/2 their lengths, 4–6 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, light yellow, globose, 8–10 mm, hairs nonglandular, bristles glandular, developing into spines.

Ribes roezlii

Ribes tularense

Phenology Flowering May.
Habitat Yellow pine and red fir forests
Elevation 1500-1800 m (4900-5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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from FNA
CA
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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.)

Of conservation concern.

Ribes tularense is known from ten populations, all in Tulare County.

(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. 27.
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. speciosum, R. thacherianum, R. triste, 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 tularensis
Name authority Regel: Gartenflora 28: 226, plate 982, figs. 1–3. 1879 (as roezli) , (Coville) Fedde: Just’s Bot. Jahresber. 36(2): 519. 1910 (as tularensis) ,
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