familyGrossulariaceae
genusRibes
speciesRibes velutinum

Ribes velutinum

Greene

Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 83. 1885 ,.

Nancy R. Morin
Common names: Desert gooseberry
Endemic
Synonyms: Grossularia velutina (Greene) Coville & Britton Ribes gooddingii M. Peck Ribes velutinum var. glanduliferum (A. Heller) Jepson Ribes velutinum var. gooddingii (M. Peck) C. L. Hitchcock
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 27. Mentioned on page 13, 28, 29.

Plants 0.5–2 m. Stems spreading, (densely and intricately branched), glabrous or copiously pubescent when young; spines at nodes 1–3, 5–20 mm; prickles on internodes absent. Leaves: petiole 0.2–1.5 (–3.3) cm, pilose and glandular or stipitate-glandular; blade nearly orbiculate to cordate or reniform, 3–5-lobed, cleft 1/3–1/2 (–3/4) to midrib, 0.5–2 cm, base broadly truncate to cordate, surfaces glabrous or finely pubescent and slightly glandular-puberulent, lobes cuneate, margins entire or 2–3-toothed, apex rounded. Inflorescences spreading, solitary flowers or 2 (–3) -flowered racemes, 0.5–1 cm (much shorter than leaves), axis pubescent, flowers evenly spaced. Pedicels not jointed, 1–3 (–4) mm, glabrous, pubescent, or glandular-pubescent; bracts lanceolate-ovate, 1–2 mm, pubescent. Flowers: hypanthium whitish or yellowish, sometimes pink tinged, tubular to slightly campanulate, 1–2.5 (–2.8) mm, glabrous, pubescent, or stipitate-glandular and pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially, becoming indurate; sepals not overlapping, spreading to nearly erect, yellow to pinkish, oblong, 1–2 mm; petals nearly connivent, erect, white or yellowish, elliptic-oblanceolate or oblong-obovate to spatulate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.5–2.5 mm; nectary disc greenish or cream, raised, roundish, covering much of ovary; stamens nearly as long as petals; filaments linear, 0.6–1.1 mm, glabrous; anthers pale-yellow to light violet, oval, 0.5–1.2 mm, apex blunt or with punctate notch; ovary usually densely crisped-puberulent and stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous; styles completely connate, 3 mm, glabrous or finely pubescent. Berries palatable, yellow, becoming purple or dark reddish, globose, 4–9.5 mm, glabrous, sparsely to densely pubescent, or sparsely to densely stipitate-glandular pubescent.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodland, yellow pine forests
Elevation: 300-3500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash.

Discussion

The leaves of Ribes velutinum are thick and leathery.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Androecium position
epigynous +
Anther coloration
pale-yellow +  and light violet +
Anther dehiscence
dehiscent +
Anther shape
oval +
Anther some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (?) +
Apex shape
with punctate notch +, blunt +  and rounded +
Author
Nancy R. Morin +
Authority
Greene +
Axis pubescence
pubescent +
Base shape
broadly truncate;cordate +
Berry coloration
dark reddish +, purple +  and yellow +
Berry pubescence
pubescent +, glabrous +  and sparsely densely pubescent or +
Berry shape
globose +
Berry some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.95 cm9.5 mm <br />0.0095 m <br />) +
Blade architecture or shape
cleft +
Blade quantity
1/3 +  and 1/2-3/4 +
Blade shape
3-5-lobed;nearly orbiculate;cordate or reniform +
Blade some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Bract duration
persistent +
Bract pubescence
pubescent +
Bract shape
lanceolate-ovate +
Bract some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Common name
Desert gooseberry +
Distribution
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Utah +  and Wash. +
Elevation
300-3500 m +
Embryo course
straight +
Endosperm coating
oily +
Endosperm quantity
copious +
Endosperm texture
not starchy +
Filament arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Filament pubescence
glabrous +
Filament some measurement
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower arrangement
spaced +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Flower some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Fruit architecture
baccate +
Habitat
Sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodland, yellow pine forests +
Hypanthium atypical some measurement
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
Hypanthium coloration
pink tinged +, yellowish +  and whitish +
Hypanthium fusion
free +  and adnate +
Hypanthium pubescence
glabrous +, pubescent +  and stipitate-glandular +
Hypanthium shape
tubular +  and slightly campanulate +
Hypanthium some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Hypanthium texture
indurate +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Barbara Alongi +
Inflorescence orientation
spreading +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Internodal bristle presence
absent +
Internode presence
absent +
Leaf-blade shape
triangular +  and pentangular +
Leaf architecture
simple +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Lobe shape
cuneate +
Margin shape
2-3-toothed +  and entire +
Nectary disc coloration
cream +  and greenish +
Nectary disc position relational
covering +
Nectary disc presence
absent +
Nectary disc prominence
raised +
Nectary disc shape
roundish +
Nectary disc width
thick +
Node quantity
1 +  and 3 +
Notch coloration or relief
punctate +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary placentation
parietal +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovary pubescence
glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +  and crisped-puberulent +
Ovule architecture
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Pedicel architecture
not jointed +
Pedicel atypical some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Pedicel pubescence
glandular-pubescent +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
Pedicel some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Perianth position
epigynous +
Petal arrangement
connivent +
Petal coloration
yellowish +  and white +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal orientation
erect +
Petal quantity
5 +
Petal shape
oblong-obovate +  and spatulate +
Petal shape or vernation
inrolled +  and revolute +
Petal some measurement
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Petiole atypical some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
Petiole presence
absent +
Petiole pubescence
stipitate-glandular +, glandular +  and pilose +
Petiole some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering Mar–Jun. +
Pistil architecture
2-carpellate +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Portion fusion
free +
Portion shape
tubular +, campanulate +, cup-shaped +  and saucer--shaped +
Publication title
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
Publication year
1753 +
Raceme architecture
2(-3)-flowered +
Raceme architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Raceme some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Reference
None +
Seed atypical quantity
3 (10) +
Seed coloration
brown;black +
Seed quantity
10;60 +
Seed shape
fusiform;oblong-ellipsoid or ellipsoid +
Sepal arrangement
not overlapping +
Sepal coloration
yellow +  and pinkish +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal orientation
spreading +  and nearly erect +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Sepal shape
oblong +
Sepal some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Slit dehiscence or orientation
longitudinal +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +
Spine some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Stamen atypical quantity
4 (5) +
Stamen fusion
distinct +, adnate +  and free +
Stamen position
antisepalous +
Stamen quantity
5 +
Stem orientation
spreading +
Stem pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Stem variability
differentiated +
Stigma architecture or shape
capitate +
Stigma position or structure subtype
terminal +
Stigma quantity
2 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style fusion
connate +
Style pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Style quantity
2 +
Style some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
Surface architecture
veined +
Surface architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Surface pubescence
glandular-puberulent +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
Synonyms
Grossularia velutina +, Ribes gooddingii +, Ribes velutinum var. glanduliferum +  and Ribes velutinum var. gooddingii +
Taxon family
Grossulariaceae +
Taxon name
Ribes velutinum +
Taxon parent
Ribes +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 8 +
Whole organism duration
deciduous +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism reproduction
synoecious +
Whole organism some measurement
0.5m (2m) +
X chromosome quantity
8 +