Common Name: GOOSEBERRY FAMILY Habit: Shrub, generally < 4 m. Stem: generally erect; nodal spines 0--9; internodal bristles generally 0; twigs generally hairy, generally glandular. Leaf: simple, alternate, generally clustered on short, lateral branchlets, petioled, generally deciduous; blade generally palmately 3--5-lobed, generally thin, generally dentate or serrate, base generally cordate. Inflorescence: raceme, axillary, generally pendent, 1--25-flowered; pedicel generally not jointed to ovary, generally hairy or glandular; bract generally green. Flower: bisexual, radial; hypanthium tube exceeding ovary; sepals generally 5, generally spreading; petals generally 5, generally < sepals, generally flat; stamens generally 5, alternate petals, generally inserted at level of petals (hypanthium top), anthers generally free, generally +- not exceeding petals, generally glabrous, tips generally rounded; ovary inferior, chamber 1, ovules many, styles generally 2, generally fused except at tip, generally glabrous. Fruit: berry. Genera In Family: 1 genus, 120 species: northern hemisphere, temperate South America. Some cultivated as food, ornamental. Note: Hypanthium data refer to part above ovary; statements about ovary hairs actually refer to the hypanthium around the ovary. At one time included in Saxifragaceae. Unabridged Note: The family name Grossulariaceae has been conserved, evidently because the genus name on which it is based, Grossularia, is illegitimate. eFlora Treatment Author: Michael R. Mesler & John O. Sawyer, Jr. Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Etymology: (Arabic: for plants of this genus) Reference: Schultheis & Donoghue 2004 Syst Bot 29:77--96; Senters & Soltis 2003 Taxon 52:51--66
Ribes californicum Hook. & Arn.
NATIVE Habit: Plant < 1.5 m. Stem: nodal spines 3; internodes generally glabrous. Leaf: blade 1--3 cm, nonglandular. Inflorescence: 1--3-flowered. Flower: hypanthium 2 mm, +- as long as wide; sepals reflexed, 6--8 mm, green to red; petals 3 mm, white, margins curled inward; anthers exceeding petals, exceeded by styles, tips mucronate. Fruit: 9--10 mm, red; shorter bristles glandular.
Citation for this treatment: Michael R. Mesler & John O. Sawyer, Jr. 2012, Ribes californicum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=41381, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 16, 2024.
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