Ribes victoris |
Ribes viscosissimum |
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Victor's gooseberry |
Hall's sticky currant, mountain currant, sticky currant |
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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 1–2 m. Stems erect to spreading, soft-pubescent, ± thickly stipitate-glandular, becoming glabrate; 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 (0.8–)1–5(–10) cm, pubescent, sparsely to densely stipitate-glandular; blade suborbiculate to reniform, 3- or 5-lobed, cleft 1/4–1/3 to midrib, (1–)2.6–6.5(–8.5) cm, base deeply cordate, surfaces sparsely stipitate-glandular (otherwise nearly glabrous) to downy along veins, copiously soft-pubescent and glandular, lobes rounded, margins irregularly 1 or 2 times coarsely crenate-dentate, apex rounded to broadly acute. |
Inflorescences | pendent, solitary flowers or 2-flowered racemes, 3–4 cm, axis pilose, stipitate-glandular. |
erect to somewhat pendent, (3–)6–17-flowered racemes, 3–10 cm (shorter than leaves), axis copiously pubescent and stipitate-glandular, flowers clustered at end of peduncle. |
Pedicels | not jointed, 3–4 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular. |
jointed, (2.7–)3.5–10(–12) mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate, (5–)6–8.5(–12) mm, 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, greenish yellow, or yellowish white, sometimes strongly pinkish or purplish tinged, campanulate to tubular-campanulate, (4.5–)7–8 mm, sparsely to densely hairy and stipitate-glandular abaxially, glabrous adaxially; sepals not overlapping, spreading at anthesis, becoming erect, whitish green, sometimes tinged with pink or purple, lanceolate-elliptic, (3.5–)4–7 mm; petals connivent, erect, white or cream, obovate-spatulate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 2.5–4 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens nearly as long as petals; filaments broadened at base, 1.2–3 mm, glabrous; anthers cream, oblong-oval, 1–1.8 mm, apex with cup-shaped gland; ovary glabrous or minutely hairy and strongly stipitate-glandular; styles connate nearly to stigmas, 6–9.5 mm, glabrous. |
Berries | palatability not known, golden yellow, globose, 8–10 mm, glandular-bristly. |
palatable, dark bluish black, ovoid, (8–)10–15 mm, glabrous or ± hairy and stipitate-glandular. |
Ribes victoris |
Ribes viscosissimum |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Wooded canyon slopes | Along creeks, open to heavily timbered slopes, sagebrush |
Elevation | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) | 900-3100 m (3000-10200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; 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.) |
All parts of Ribes viscosissimum are very fragrant. Its leaves are thick and rough. Plants with glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular ovaries have been recognized as var. hallii and are found only in California and Oregon. Plants with strongly stipitate-glandular and softly pubescent ovaries are var. viscosissimum and are more widespread. W. C. Martin and C. R. Hutchins (1980) indicated that R. viscosissimum is to be expected in New Mexico; no occurrence there has been confirmed. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 32. | FNA vol. 8, p. 22. |
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes |
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Synonyms | Grossularia greeneiana, Grossularia victoris, R. victoris var. minus | R. viscosissimum var. hallii |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 1: 224. 1888 , | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 163. 1813 , |
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