canyon gooseberry

Ribes menziesii

Member of gooseberries
currants and gooseberries (genus Ribes)
gooseberry family (family Grossulariaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
red purple in flowering plants

This species has subspecies or variants that don't seem worth distinguishing.

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• peduncle and pedicels glandular
• hypanthium crimson with stalked glands and red bristles
• purple-red sepals
• white petals
• white to tan anthers
• styles glabrous at base
• stamen length 1.5–1.8 × petals
• leaf blade and petiole glandular-hairy [hard to see]
• dense bristles between nodes

Edibility: Ripe reddish-purple berries are “not palatable” [source]

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Chris’s observations: 11 (5 are research grade)

Locations:

• Nisene Marks SP: 3
• Russian Ridge OSP: 2
• Garrapata SP
• Pescadero Creek CP
• Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP
• San Bruno Mountain State & County Park
• Sweeney Ridge National Recreation Area
• Wunderlich CP

Months:

• Jan.: 1
• Feb.: 0
• Mar.: 1
• Apr.: 0
• May: 3
• Jun.: 1
• Jul.: 2
• Aug.: 2
• Sep.: 1

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora