Ribes amarum

Ribes amarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species:
R. amarum
Binomial name
Ribes amarum
Synonyms[2][3][4][5]

Ribes amarum is a species of currant known by the common name bitter gooseberry.[2] It is endemic to California, where it is known from mountains, foothills, and canyons. Its habitat includes Chaparral.[6]

Description

Ribes amarum is a shrub growing to one to two meters (40-80 inches) in height. Nodes along the stem each bear three spines up to a centimeter (0.4 inch) in length. The hairy, glandular leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters (0.8-1.6 inches) long and generally rounded in shape, divided into 3 to 5 rounded toothed lobes.[7]

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.[7]

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. ^ a b NRCS. "Ribes amarum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  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.
  6. ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ribes amarum McClatchie, bitter gooseberry
  7. ^ a b Flora of North America: Ribes amarum


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