Ribes inerme var. inerme

White stemmed gooseberry

Family: Grossulariaceae · Type: shrub · Native

White stemmed gooseberry is a California native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range highlands, Sierra Nevada, Warner Mountains, and eastern Sierra Nevada in forest, streamsides, and meadow edges at elevations of 1,200 to 3,300 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces white to pale green flowers with minimal visible hair on the sepals. Growing as a compact shrub 50 to 100 centimeters tall with spreading branches, it forms dense clusters in mountain landscapes. Its leaves are softly textured with sparse, short hairs, typically rounded with shallow lobes. The fruit is a smooth, pale green to whitish gooseberry typical of mountain woodland environments.

Habitat: Forest, streamsides, meadow edges

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 1200-3300 m

Bioregions: KR, CaRH, SNH, Wrn, SNE

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