Ribes victoris |
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Victor's gooseberry |
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Habit | Plants 0.5–2 m. Stems erect, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; spines at nodes 1–3, 5–15 mm; prickles on internodes sparse. |
Leaves | petiole 1.5–5 cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; blade round-ovate, 3–5-lobed, cleft 1/4–1/3 to midrib, 1.5–5 cm, base truncate to cordate, surfaces finely pubescent, stipitate-glandular, lobes rounded, margins with few shallow teeth, apex rounded. |
Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 3–4 cm, axis pilose, stipitate-glandular. |
Pedicels | not jointed, 3–4 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | hypanthium greenish white, conic, as wide as long, 3 mm (1/4–1/3 as long as sepals), stipitate-glandular; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, white, pink-tinged at base, oblong-lanceolate, 6–11 mm; petals connivent, erect, white, oblong, inrolled, 3–5 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 2 times as long as petals; filaments linear, ca. 6 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, lanceolate-sagittate, 3 mm, apex mucronate; ovary densely glandular, with longer glandless bristles; styles connate to middle, 9–11 mm, glabrous. |
Berries | palatability not known, golden yellow, globose, 8–10 mm, glandular-bristly. |
Ribes victoris |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr. |
Habitat | Wooded canyon slopes |
Elevation | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | Ribes victoris occurs in the counties around San Francisco Bay north to Sonoma and Lake counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. |
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes |
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Synonyms | Grossularia greeneiana, Grossularia victoris, R. victoris var. minus |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 1: 224. 1888 , |
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