Ribes quercetorum
rock gooseberry
Family GrossulariaceaeAlso called oak gooseberry, oakwoods gooseberry
About
Ribes quercetorum, the rock or oakwoods gooseberry, is a spiny, arching shrub of California, Baja California and Arizona hills with small yellow flowers and edible black 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
- Arching stems up to 1.5 m (5 ft) long.
Field notes
Morphology
A spreading shrub with arching stems up to 1.5 m long and 1–3 spines to 1.5 cm at each node. Lightly hairy, glandular leaves up to 3 cm long are few-lobed. Racemes of 2–3 small flowers have reflexed yellow sepals around a tube of cream petals. The berry is a spherical black fruit just under 1 cm.
Distribution & habitat
Mountains and hills of California from the San Francisco Bay Area south into Baja California and east into Arizona, in woodland, chaparral and dry desert slopes and canyons.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- United States, Mexico
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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