GROSSULARIACEAE
Gooseberry
RIBES Gooseberry,
Currant
1 Stems lacking spines
2 Leaves
viscid, usually with sessile glands at least above
R. cereum
2
Leaves not as above
3 Flowers
yellow; leaves thick; branches erect
R. aureum
3
Flowers not yellow; leaves thin; branches widely
spreading
R. inerme
1
Stems spiny
3 Flowers ±
flat, lacking a well developed tube; pedicel jointed below
the flowers, this area subtended by two small
bracts
R. montigenum
3
Flowers with a well developed tube; pedicels not as above
4 Plants not in
mesic sites; berry hairy
R. velutinum
4 Plants of mesic sites; berry glabrous
R. inerme
Ribes
aureum Pursh
GOLDEN CURRANT.
Fairly frequent, below 7000 ft.; about springs, washes and
streams. Late Apr-Jun. *Snake Creek T12N R70E S11, *The
Cedars T12N R67E S2, Snake Creek 743 330E 43 11 325N.
Ribes cereum Dougl.
WHITE SQUAW
CURRANT. Frequent, 6000-9000 ft.; slopes, flats, bluffs,
woodland s, less often in riparian. May-Aug. *Gray Cliff
T13N R69E S22, *Tungsten Queen Mine T11N R68E S16, Lehman
Creek T13N R69E S8, !Wheeler Peak Campground Clifton 11041.
[ var. inebrians
(Lindl.) C.L.
Hitchc.].
Ribes
inerme Rydb
var.
inerme
WHITESTEM
GOOSEBERRY. Limited, about 9280 ft.; mesic places. Jun-Jul.
*†Baker Creek 736210E 4317350N Clifton 41053.
Ribes
montigenum McClatchie
ALPINE PRICKLY
CURRANT. Frequent, 7,000-11-000 ft. open or wooded slopes,
often rocky. Jun-Aug. !Wheeler Peak Clifton 11244.
Ribes
velutinum E. Greene
PLATEAU
GOOSEBERRY. Infrequent, above 7000 ft., North Snake Range;
open dry rocky or sandy slopes. Chalk Spring 738190E
435800N (NAD 83).
