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Victor's gooseberry

blue currant, California black currant, stink currant

Habit Plants 0.5–2 m. Stems erect, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; spines at nodes 1–3, 5–15 mm; prickles on internodes sparse. Plants 1–4 m. Stems erect, with dense, yellowish, shiny, sessile, crystalline, round glands, sparsely pubescent throughout; spines at nodes absent; prickles on internodes absent.
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.

petiole 2–10 cm, sparsely pubescent;

blade ovate, deeply 5–7-lobed, cleft 1/2+ to midrib, (1.5–)2–10(–22) cm, base cordate, surfaces with yellow, dull, sessile glands and sparse hairs abaxially, with yellow, shiny, sessile glands and glabrous adaxially, lobes with main segments ovate-lanceolate, margins 1–2 times sharply serrate, apex acute, shallowly lobed.

Inflorescences

pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 3–4 cm, axis pilose, stipitate-glandular.

ascending to erect, 20–50-flowered racemes, (10–)15–30 cm, axis sparsely pubescent, flowers evenly spaced.

Pedicels

not jointed, 3–4 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular;

bracts lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular.

jointed, 5–12 mm, pubescent and glandular;

bracts conspicuous, proximal ones ovate, lobed, distal ones narrowly oblong, unlobed, (3–)4–5 mm, sparsely glandular and pubescent.

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.

hypanthium green, saucer-shaped, widely flared, 0.5–1.5 mm, ± pubescent and sparsely glandular abaxially, glabrous adaxially;

sepals nearly to somewhat overlapping, spreading, brownish purple to greenish or sometimes nearly white, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 3–5 mm;

petals widely separated, erect, white, cuneate-flabelliform, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1 mm;

nectary disc wine red, thick, lobed, covering and submerging ovary;

stamens slightly longer than petals;

filaments linear to slightly broader at base, 1 mm, glabrous;

anthers white, transversely oblong-cordate, 0.5 mm, broader than long, apex shallowly notched;

ovary somewhat hairy and densely sessile-glandular;

styles connate 1/4–1/2 their lengths, 1 mm, glabrous or hairy.

Berries

palatability not known, golden yellow, globose, 8–10 mm, glandular-bristly.

bland, black, subglobose, 8–10 mm, glandular.

2n

= 16.

Ribes victoris

Ribes bracteosum

Phenology Flowering Apr. Flowering Feb–Jun.
Habitat Wooded canyon slopes Stream banks, moist woods, floodplains, shorelines, thickets, avalanche tracks
Elevation 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) 0-1700 m (0-5600 ft)
Distribution
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CA
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AK; CA; OR; WA; BC
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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.)

Ribes bracteosum occurs along the Pacific Coast from southeastern Alaska to northern California. Its thin leaves have a sweetish, disagreeable odor and the conspicuous bracts bear acicular, mostly persistent processes near the base along the slightly winged, stipular margins.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 32. FNA vol. 8, p. 18.
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. roezlii, R. rotundifolium, R. rubrum, R. sanguineum, R. sericeum, R. speciosum, R. thacherianum, R. triste, R. tularense, R. uva-crispa, R. velutinum, R. viburnifolium, R. viscosissimum, R. watsonianum, R. wolfii
R. acerifolium, R. amarum, R. americanum, R. aureum, R. binominatum, 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. tularense, R. uva-crispa, R. velutinum, R. viburnifolium, R. victoris, R. viscosissimum, R. watsonianum, R. wolfii
Synonyms Grossularia greeneiana, Grossularia victoris, R. victoris var. minus
Name authority Greene: Pittonia 1: 224. 1888 , Douglas: in W. J. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 233. 1832 ,
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