Ribes viscosissimum |
Ribes curvatum |
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Hall's sticky currant, mountain currant, sticky currant |
Georgia gooseberry, granite gooseberry |
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Habit | Plants 1–2 m. Stems erect to spreading, soft-pubescent, ± thickly stipitate-glandular, becoming glabrate; spines at nodes absent; prickles on internodes absent. | Plants 0.5–3 m. Stems erect to recurving, (rooting at tips), glabrous; spines at nodes (1–)3, 4–11 mm; prickles on internodes occasional. |
Leaves | 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. |
petiole 1–2.5 cm, pilose and with long-stalked glands, proximal hairs plumose; blade roundish, 3-lobed, cleft 1/2 to midrib, 1–3 cm, base broadly cuneate, surfaces with pilose hairs and punctate glands abaxially, pilose, glandular adaxially, lobes rounded, parallel-sided, margins toothed, apex rounded. |
Inflorescences | 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. |
spreading, solitary flowers or 2–4-flowered racemes, 3–6 cm, axis glandular or short stipitate-glandular and sparsely lanate to sparsely pilose, sometimes nearly glabrous, flowers evenly spaced. |
Pedicels | jointed, (2.7–)3.5–10(–12) mm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate, (5–)6–8.5(–12) mm, stipitate-glandular. |
not jointed, 6–16 mm, glabrous or sparsely lanate or pilose, glandular or eglandular; bracts lanceolate, 2–2.5 mm, ciliate, with some glandular hairs on margins. |
Flowers | 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. |
hypanthium white, broadly campanulate, 1–2 mm, scattered-hairy to subvillous; sepals not overlapping, spreading, white, oblanceolate, 7.5–9 mm; petals connivent, erect, white, rhombic, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.2–2 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens 4–5 times longer than petals; filaments slightly expanded to base, 6–7.5 mm, pilose; anthers cream, oblong-oval, 0.7–0.8 mm, apex rounded; ovary pilose, sessile- and short stipitate-glandular; styles connate 3/4 their lengths, 8–11 mm, copiously pilose-villous to above midlength. |
Berries | palatable, dark bluish black, ovoid, (8–)10–15 mm, glabrous or ± hairy and stipitate-glandular. |
palatability not known, greenish to reddish purple, globose, 7–12 mm, glabrous or hairy and glandular. |
Ribes viscosissimum |
Ribes curvatum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Along creeks, open to heavily timbered slopes, sagebrush | Rich, deciduous woods |
Elevation | 900-3100 m (3000-10200 ft) | 200-800 m (700-2600 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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AL; AR; GA; LA; OK; TN; TX |
Discussion | 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.) |
A report of Ribes curvatum in North Carolina is apparently based on cultivated specimens (A. S. Weakley 2006). The petal margins are entire or with an appendage on each side near the apex. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 22. | FNA vol. 8, p. 40. |
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes |
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Synonyms | R. viscosissimum var. hallii | Grossularia curvata |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 163. 1813 , | Small: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 295. 1896 (as curvata) , |
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