Ribes inerme
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| image = Ribesinerme.jpg
| status = {{TNCStatus}}
| status_system = TNC
| genus = Ribes
| species = inerme
| authority = Rydb. 1900 R. Inerme was first described and published in Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1: 202. 1900. Bronx, NY {{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=220963-2 |title=Plant Name Details for Ribes inerme |quote=Distribution: Yellowstone Park |work=IPNI |accessdate=July 22, 2010}}
| subdivision_ranks = Varieties
| subdivision = Ribes inerme var. klamathense (Coville) Jeps. {{ cite web |url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RIINK |title=Profile for Ribes inerme var. klamathense (Klamath gooseberry) |work=PLANTS Database |publisher=USDA, NRCS |accessdate=July 22, 2010}} Manual of the Flowering Plants of California 472. 1925. {{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=220964-2 |title=Plant Name Details for Ribes inerme var. klamathense |work=IPNI |accessdate=July 22, 2010}}
| synonyms = *Ribes divaricatum var. inerme (Rydb.) McMinn
- Ribes hirtellum var. inerme (Rydb.) Smiley
- Grossularia inermis (Rydb.) Coville & Britton
- Ribes purpusii {{small|Koehne ex Blank.}}
|synonyms_ref = Illustrated Manual of California Shrubs 156. 1939. Berkeley, CA {{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=220917-2 |title=Plant Name Details for Ribes divaricatum var. inerme |work=IPNI |accessdate=July 22, 2010}} University of California Publications in Botany 9: 227. 1921. Berkeley, CA {{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=220948-2 |title=Plant Name Details for Ribes hirtellum var. inerme |work=IPNI |accessdate=July 22, 2010}} North American Flora Ribes inerme{{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=113690-2 |title=Plant Name Details for Grossularia inermis |work=IPNI |accessdate=July 22, 2010}}
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Ribes inerme is a species of currant known by the common names whitestem gooseberry and white stemmed gooseberry. It is native to western North America.
Description
Ribes inerme is an erect or spreading thicketlike shrub approaching {{convert|3|m|ft|frac=2}} in maximum height. The stem is hairless or bristly and has black resin glands and spines at its nodes. The leaves are {{Convert|2.5-7.5|cm|frac=4}} wide,{{Cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLbAAwAAQBAJ |title=Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest |last2=Kuhlmann |first2=Ellen |date=2014 |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-1-60469-263-1 |edition=1st |location=Portland, OR |pages=205}} divided deeply into three to five toothed lobes which may be divided partway into smaller lobes.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250065850 Flora of North America: Ribes inerme (whitestem gooseberry)]
The inflorescence is a solitary flower or raceme of up to five flowers which hangs pendent. The flower has five reddish green sepals which are reflexed upward. At the center are white or pinkish petals and protruding stamens and stigmas.
The fruit is an edible hairless greenish, purple, or black berry roughly {{Convert|1|cm|abbr=on|frac=8}} wide.
=Varieties=
- Ribes inerme var. inerme[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Ribes+inerme+var.+inerme Calflora taxon report, University of California: Ribes inerme var. inerme]
- Ribes inerme var. klamathense – Klamath gooseberry[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=7122 Calflora taxon report, University of California: Ribes inerme var. klamathense']
Distribution and habitat
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and eastward to the Rocky Mountains.{{cite web |title=Profile for Ribes inerme (whitestem gooseberry) |url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RIIN2 |accessdate=July 22, 2010 |work=PLANTS Database |publisher=USDA, NRCS}}[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Ribes+inerme Calflora taxon report, University of California] . accessed 3.23.2013 It grows in mountain forests, woodlands, and meadows.
The less common Ribes inerme var. klamathense, known as Klamath gooseberry, is confined to the states of California and Oregon.
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4450,4451,4470 Jepson Manual Treatment — Ribes inerme]
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Ribes+inerme Calflora taxon report, University of California: Ribes inerme (white stemmed gooseberry)]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ribes+inerme Ribes inerme Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California]
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Category:Flora of the Western United States
Category:Flora of Western Canada