Ribes victoris
| Victor's gooseberry | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ribes |
| Species: | R. victoris |
| Binomial name | |
| Ribes victoris Greene [1] | |
Ribes victoris is an uncommon species of currant known by the common name Victor's gooseberry. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral and woods of canyons in the San Francisco Bay Area and counties just to the north.
It is an erect shrub growing to two meters in maximum height, its stem coated in sticky glandular hairs and some bristles, with spines occurring at nodes. The hairy, glandular leaves are divided into a few lobes which are lined with teeth. The inflorescence is made up of one or two flowers hanging pendent from the branches. Each flower has five reflexed sepals which are white with a pink blush at the bases around a central corolla of white petals. The whitish stamens and stigmas protrude from the center. The fruit is a yellow berry about a centimeter wide which is covered in glandular bristles.
References
- ↑ Pittonia i. (Oct. 1888) 224; et Man. Bot. San Franc. Bay (1894) 125. "Plant Name Details for Ribes victoris". IPNI. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
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