bitter gooseberry

Ribes amarum

Member of gooseberries
currants and gooseberries (genus Ribes)
gooseberry family (family Grossulariaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• purple-red sepals
• white petals
• purple or yellow-green anthers
• styles glabrous at base
• leaf blade glandular-hairy
• no bristles between nodes
• rare in Diablo range

Edibility: Ripe purple berries are “palatable.” [source]

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora