Ribes roezlii (Mountain Gooseberry)

Photographs

My photos:

This plant was growing on Mt Palomar in the April rain.

In Holy Jim Canyon the plant below was bearing fruit in May.

More photos:

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Plant Information

Grossulariaceae

In the garden:

a stout, sun-loving shrub, which is from 2 to 4 feet tall. Branches are spreading and armed with straight spines. Leaves are roundish and somewhat 3-lobed; they are dark green and shiny above, paler beneath. Flowers are whitish with purplish-red sepals and occur in May and June. Berries are covered with long spines and turn purple when ripe; the birds will get most of them.

In the wild:

Dry open slopes, between 3000 and 10,000 feet. This plant can not be readily identified until its flowers appear.

Ethnobotany:

Field Trips
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