Ribes inerme
whitestem gooseberry
Family GrossulariaceaeAlso called white stemmed gooseberry
About
Ribes inerme, the whitestem gooseberry, is a thicket-forming gooseberry of western North American mountains with hanging reddish flowers and smooth edible berries.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Mature size
- Up to about 3 m (10 ft) tall.
Field notes
Morphology
An erect or spreading shrub approaching 3 m, with hairless or bristly stems, black resin glands and nodal spines. Leaves 2.5–7.5 cm wide are deeply cut into 3–5 toothed lobes. One to five pendent flowers have reflexed reddish-green sepals around white or pink petals. The hairless berry, about 1 cm, is green, purple or black.
Distribution & habitat
British Columbia to California and east to the Rocky Mountains, in mountain forests, woodland and meadows. Var. klamathense is limited to California and Oregon.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Canada, United States
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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