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Ribes californicum is a mostly erect shrub growing to a maximum height around 1.4 metres (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft). Nodes along the stem each bear three spines up to 1.5 centimetres (5 ⁄ 8 in) in length. The hairy to hairless leaves are 1–3 cm (3 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) long and divided into 3–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 –2 in) oblong, toothed lobes. [4]
Gooseberry growing was popular in 19th-century Britain. The 1879 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica described gooseberries thus: [11]. The gooseberry is indigenous to many parts of Europe and western Asia, growing naturally in alpine thickets and rocky woods in the lower country, from France eastward, well into the Himalayas and peninsular India.
Ribes speciosum is a spreading shrub which can reach 3 metres (9.8 ft) in maximum height, its stems coated in bristles with three long spines at each stem node. The leathery leaves are shallowly divided into several lobes and are mostly hairless, the upper surfaces dark green and shiny.
Ribes lobbii, native to northern California and the Pacific Northwest Ribes speciosum , native to coastal central and southern California, Baja California and also in the foothills around San Jose. It tends to grows in full or nearly full shade, and in slightly moister spots such as north-facing slopes, slope bottoms or near natural drainages.
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and eastward to the Rocky Mountains. [12] [13] It grows in mountain forests, woodlands, and meadows. The less common Ribes inerme var. klamathense, known as Klamath gooseberry, is confined to the states of California and Oregon. [11] [3]
It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral and woods of canyons in the San Francisco Bay Area and counties to the north, as far as Humboldt County. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Ribes victoris is an erect shrub growing up to two meters (80 inches) in height, its stem coated in sticky glandular hairs and some bristles, with spines occurring at ...
Gooseberries may be used to describe the genus Ribes as a whole, or particular wild species of Ribes contrasted with currants, including: Ribes amarum , bitter gooseberry, native to California Ribes binominatum , trailing gooseberry, native to northwestern North America
It is a spreading shrub growing to 0.3–1.5 meters (1–5 ft) tall, [3] the branching stems covered in prickles and hairs, and bearing 1 to 5 sharp spines at intervals. [ 4 ] Borne on a petiole several centimetres in length, the lightly hairy, glandular leaves are up to 4 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and are divided into about five deeply cut ...