straggle bush

(straggly gooseberry)
Ribes divaricatum var. pubiflorum

Member of spreading gooseberry (Ribes divaricatum)
gooseberries
currants and gooseberries (genus Ribes)
gooseberry family (family Grossulariaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
white in flowering plants

There are no other wild members of this species in the bay area.

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• peduncle and pedicels not glandular [bracts may be glandular]
• hypanthium greenish or purplish, glabrous or copiously pubescent
• styles hairy at least at base [figure]
• all others in this box have styles that are glabrous at base
• purple to green sepals
• white petals
• stamen length 2.5–3.5 × petals
• green to cream anthers
• leaf blade generally hairy, but never glandular
• internodes bristly or not [mature stems may be as bristly as canyon gooseberry (Ribes menziesii): [example]
• fruit glabrous (not bristly)

Edibility: Ripe purple-black 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