Ribes speciosum
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Ribes speciosum 2.jpg
|genus = Ribes
|species = speciosum
|authority = Pursh 1813 Originally described and published in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 731-732. 1814 [1813]. {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/29100547 |title=Name - Ribes speciosum Pursh |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |accessdate=August 1, 2010}}
|synonyms = *Grossularia speciosa (Pursh) Coville & Britton
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Ribes speciosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Grossulariaceae, which includes the edible currants and gooseberries. It is a spiny deciduous shrub with spring-flowering, elongate red flowers that resemble fuchsias, though it is not closely related. Its common name is fuchsia-flowered gooseberry.
It is native to central and southern California and Baja California, where it grows in the scrub and chaparral of the coastal mountain ranges.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=7145 Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ribes speciosum Pursh, fuchsia flowered gooseberry, fuchsiaflower gooseberry ][http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=28231&taxauthid=1 SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter]
Description
Ribes speciosum is a spreading shrub which can reach {{convert|3|m|ft}} in maximum height, its stems coated in bristles with three long spines at each stem node. The leathery leaves are shallowly divided into several lobes and are mostly hairless, the upper surfaces dark green and shiny.
The inflorescence is a solitary flower or raceme of up to four flowers. The flower is a tube made up of the gland-studded scarlet sepals with the four red petals inside. The red stamens and stigmas protrude far from the mouth of the flower, each measuring up to 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) long.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250065837 Flora of North America, Ribes speciosum]
The fruit is a red-orange berry about a centimeter (0.4 inch) long, is covered densely in glandular bristles.
Cultivation
Ribes speciosum is cultivated as an ornamental plant for use in drought-tolerant, native plant, and wildlife gardens. It prefers dappled to bright light, in dry gardens and under oaks.[http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/ribes-speciosum Las Pilitas Nursery horticulture treatment: Ribes speciosum, Fuchsia-Flowering Gooseberry] . accessed 1.28.2013 The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - Ribes speciosum|url=
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/15892/Ribes-speciosum/Details|publisher=Royal Horticultural Society|accessdate=5 April 2020}}{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 87 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 9 October 2018}}
References
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External links
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- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4450,4451,4493 Jepson Manual Treatment — Ribes speciosum]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ribes+speciosum Ribes speciosum — Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California]
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Category:Flora of Baja California
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:Plants described in 1813
Category:Garden plants of North America
Category:Drought-tolerant plants
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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