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Ribes montigenum
Western North American currant species From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ribes montigenum is a North American species of currant known by the common names mountain gooseberry, alpine prickly currant, western prickly gooseberry, and gooseberry currant.
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Description
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, bluntly toothed lobes.[3] The inflorescence is a raceme of several flowers. Each flower has five sepals in shades of yellow-green or pale pink, orange, or yellow which spread into a corolla-like star. At the center are five smaller club-shaped red petals and purple-red stamens tipped with yellowish or cream anthers. The fruit is an acidic but palatable red to orange-red edible berry up to 1 cm long; it is usually covered in soft bristles. The dried flower remnant at the end is small compared to that of wax currant.[4][5]
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Distribution and habitat
It is native to western North America from Washington south to California and east as far as the Rocky Mountains,[6] where it grows in high mountain habitat types in subalpine and alpine climates, such as forests and talus.[3]
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