Ribes victoris |
Ribes uva-crispa |
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Victor's gooseberry |
European gooseberry, groseillier épineux |
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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. | Plants 1–1.5 m. Stems erect, pubescent; spines at nodes 3, 5–10 mm; prickles on internodes present, scattered. |
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 1–2 cm, pubescent; blade pentangular, 3–5-lobed, deeply cleft, 2–5 cm, base cordate to broad-cuneate, surfaces pubescent, lobes obtuse, margins crenulate-dentate, apex obtuse. |
Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 3–4 cm, axis pilose, stipitate-glandular. |
spreading, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered racemes, 1–3 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely lanate and stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced. |
Pedicels | not jointed, 3–4 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
not jointed, 2–4 mm, glabrous or sparsely lanate; bracts ovate, 1–3 mm, sparsely lanate, sparsely 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. |
hypanthium greenish, short-campanulate, 4–6 mm, pubescent; sepals not overlapping, spreading, greenish abaxially, pink adaxially, strap-shaped, 5–7 mm; petals not connivent, erect, white, ovate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 2–3 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 2 times longer than petals; filaments linear, 4–6 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oblong-oval, 1–2 mm, apex rounded; ovary sparsely hairy; styles connate to tip, ca. 6 mm, villous in proximal 1/2. |
Berries | palatability not known, golden yellow, globose, 8–10 mm, glandular-bristly. |
very palatable, greenish, ovoid, 10–20 mm, softly bristled. |
Ribes victoris |
Ribes uva-crispa |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr. | Flowering Mar–Apr. |
Habitat | Wooded canyon slopes | Thickets, fields, roadsides, other anthropogenic habitats |
Elevation | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) | 0-2500 m (0-8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CT; DE; IA; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; ND; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; SD; VT; WI; WV; NL; ON; QC; w Europe; c Europe (including Great Britain); n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in n Europe (including Ireland), Atlantic Islands (Iceland)] |
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.) |
Culinary forms of gooseberry have been bred from Ribes uva-crispa. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. | FNA vol. 8, p. 42. |
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes |
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Synonyms | Grossularia greeneiana, Grossularia victoris, R. victoris var. minus | R. grossularia |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 1: 224. 1888 , | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 201. 1753 , |
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