Ribes viscosissimum |
Ribes uva-crispa |
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Hall's sticky currant, mountain currant, sticky currant |
European gooseberry, groseillier épineux |
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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 1–1.5 m. Stems erect, pubescent; spines at nodes 3, 5–10 mm; prickles on internodes present, scattered. |
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 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 | 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 2–3-flowered racemes, 1–3 cm, axis glabrous or sparsely lanate and 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. |
not jointed, 2–4 mm, glabrous or sparsely lanate; bracts ovate, 1–3 mm, sparsely lanate, sparsely 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 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 | palatable, dark bluish black, ovoid, (8–)10–15 mm, glabrous or ± hairy and stipitate-glandular. |
very palatable, greenish, ovoid, 10–20 mm, softly bristled. |
Ribes viscosissimum |
Ribes uva-crispa |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Mar–Apr. |
Habitat | Along creeks, open to heavily timbered slopes, sagebrush | Thickets, fields, roadsides, other anthropogenic habitats |
Elevation | 900-3100 m (3000-10200 ft) | 0-2500 m (0-8200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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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 | 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.) |
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. 22. | FNA vol. 8, p. 42. |
Parent taxa | Grossulariaceae > Ribes | Grossulariaceae > Ribes |
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Synonyms | R. viscosissimum var. hallii | R. grossularia |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 163. 1813 , | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 201. 1753 , |
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