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Victor's gooseberry

European gooseberry, groseillier épineux

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

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
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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)]
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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.)

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
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. 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. velutinum, R. viburnifolium, R. victoris, R. viscosissimum, R. watsonianum, R. wolfii
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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