Ribes viscosissimum |
Ribes montigenum |
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Hall's sticky currant, mountain currant, sticky currant |
alpine prickly currant, gooseberry currant, mountain gooseberry, western prickly 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 0.7–1.5 m. Stems spreading or decumbent, copiously pubescent, puberulent, and stipitate-glandular; spines at nodes 1–5, (1.5–)4–6(–10) mm; prickles on internodes sparse to dense. |
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 0.7–4(–5) cm, pubescent, stipitate-glandular; blade pentagonal, irregularly 5-lobed, cleft 2/3–3/4 to midrib, (0.5–)1–3.5(–4) cm, base cordate, surfaces densely pubescent or stipitate-glandular, lobes cuneate-rounded, margins irregularly serrate, toothed apex somewhat acute. |
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. |
pendent, 3–8(–11)-flowered racemes, 2–3 cm, axis puberulent, stipitate-glandular, 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. |
jointed, 1–4(–5) mm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate-ovate, 1.3–3 mm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular. |
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 pinkish to orangish, saucer-shaped, 0.5–1.5 mm, pubescent and stipitate-glandular abaxially, glabrous adaxially; sepals separated, spreading, green to yellowish, pink, red, orange, or white, sometimes with pale yellow, scarious margins, broadly ovate to obovate, 2.5–4 mm; petals widely separated, erect, red, pinkish, or purplish, cuneate-lunate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 0.9–1.5 mm; nectary disc yellowish, pinkish, or red, flat, 5-angled, covering most of ovary; stamens as long as petals; filaments linear, (0.5–)0.9–1.6 mm, glabrous; anthers yellow or cream, oblate to transversely elliptic, 0.5–0.8 mm, broader than long, apex notched; ovary sparsely to thickly, usually purplish glandular-bristly; styles connate ca. 4/5 their lengths, 1.1–1.8 mm, glabrous. |
Berries | palatable, dark bluish black, ovoid, (8–)10–15 mm, glabrous or ± hairy and stipitate-glandular. |
somewhat palatable, bright red, obovoid-spheric, 5–10 mm, glandular-bristly. |
Ribes viscosissimum |
Ribes montigenum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Along creeks, open to heavily timbered slopes, sagebrush | Exposed ridges, open woods and slopes, talus |
Elevation | 900-3100 m (3000-10200 ft) | 1300-4800 m (4300-15700 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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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.) |
The lobed, yellowish, pinkish, or red nectary discs and purplish red filaments of Ribes montigenum are striking. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 22. | FNA vol. 8, p. 26. |
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes |
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Synonyms | R. viscosissimum var. hallii | R. nubigenum |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 163. 1813 , | McClatchie: Erythea 5: 38. 1897 , |
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