Ribes binominatum

Trailing gooseberry, Trailing Gooseberry

Family: Grossulariaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Trailing gooseberry is a California native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges and northern Coast Ranges in montane and subalpine forest habitats at elevations of 1,000 to 2,300 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces white to pink flowers with green-white sepals and red margins, arranged in small clusters of 1 to 4 blooms. Growing as a low, spreading shrub less than 25 centimeters tall with distinctive nodal spines, it has a prostrate growth habit that roots along its stems. Its leaves are glandular-hairy, with blades 2 to 5 centimeters long that spread out from the plant's slender branches. The fruit is a yellow-green berry 8 to 10 millimeters long, covered in stout yellow prickles and glandular hairs.

Habitat: Montane, subalpine forest, meadows

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 1000-2300 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH

California counties: Glenn, Siskiyou, Trinity, Tehama, Humboldt, Mendocino, Del Norte, Colusa, Shasta, Tulare, Lake

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.