Ribes tularense Standl.

Tulare gooseberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Grossulariaceae > Ribes

Characteristics

Plants 0.1-0.5 m. Stems prostrate, villous-pubescent, stipitate-glandular; spines at nodes 3, 3-8(-10) mm; prickles on internodes scattered. Leaves: petiole 2-2.5 cm, puberulent; blade roundish, irregularly 3(-5)-lobed, cleft 1/2+ to midrib, 2-5 cm, base broadly truncate, surfaces hairy, stipitate-glandular, lobes broadly cuneate, sides mostly straight or concave, margins very irregularly blunt-toothed, apex rounded. Inflorescences pendent, solitary flowers or 2-3-flowered racemes, 1-1.5 cm, axis villous, stipitate-glandular, flowers evenly spaced. Pedicels not jointed, 2-4 mm, villous, stipitate-glandular; bracts lanceolate-ovate, 2-3 mm, villous, stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium green, campanulate, 2-4 mm (as wide as long), sparsely pubescent to villous; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, green to white, narrowly oblong, abaxially shallowly concave, 6 mm; petals separated, erect, white, oblong-truncate, somewhat inrolled, 2-3 mm; nectary disc not prominent; stamens shorter than to as long as petals; filaments linear, 2-2.5 mm, glabrous; anthers white, narrowly oblong, 1-1.8 mm, apex blunt; ovary densely villous with some gland-tipped bristles; styles connate 1/2 their lengths, 4-6 mm, glabrous. Berries palatability not known, light yellow, globose, 8-10 mm, hairs nonglandular, bristles glandular, developing into spines.
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Distribution

Ribes tularense world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:793046-1
WFO ID wfo-0001279725
COL ID 4SYLP
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Synonyms

Grossularia tularensis Ribes tularense