Ribes amarum

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Ribes amarum
Bitter gooseberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species: R. amarum
Binomial name
Ribes amarum
McClatchie [1]
Synonyms

List sources : [2][3][4][5]

Ribes amarum is a species of currant known by the common name Bitter gooseberry. It is endemic to California, where it is known from mountains, foothills, and canyons in the central and southwestern parts of the state. Its habitat includes chaparral.

Description

Ribes amarum is a shrub growing to one to two meters in maximum height. Nodes along the stem each bear three spines up to a centimeter in length. The hairy, glandular leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters long and generally rounded in shape, divided into three to five rounded toothed lobes.

The inflorescence is a solitary flower or raceme of up to three flowers which hang from leaf axils. The showy flower has five pointed sepals in shades of purple-red which are reflexed upward. At the center is a tubular corolla of white or pink-tinged petals around five stamens and two styles. The fruit is a bristly berry up to 2 centimeters wide which is bright red, ripening purple.

See also

References

  1. ↑  This species was first described and published in Erythea; a Journal of Botany, West American and General ii. (1894) 79. Berkeley, CA "Plant Name Details for Ribes amarum". IPNI. Retrieved July 22, 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Profile for Ribes amarum (bitter gooseberry)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS. Retrieved July 22, 2010. 
  3. ↑  Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 31: 64. 1932. "Plant Name Details for Ribes amarum var. hoffmannii". IPNI. Retrieved July 22, 2010. 
  4. ↑  Erythea 7: 183. 1900. "Plant Name Details for Ribes mariposanum". IPNI. Retrieved July 22, 2010. 
  5. ↑  North American Flora xxii. 216 (1908). New York Botanical Garden "Plant Name Details for Grossularia amara". IPNI. Retrieved July 22, 2010. 

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