Ribes lobbii

Gummy gooseberry

Family: Grossulariaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Gummy gooseberry is a California native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges and northern Coast Ranges in montane and subalpine forests at elevations of 665 to 2,130 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to pink-tinged flowers with red sepals and white or pink filaments, arranged in small clusters of 1 to 3 blooms. Growing as a compact shrub less than 2 meters tall with three distinctive nodal spines, it has a distinctive branching structure. Its leaves are 2 to 3 centimeters wide, nearly smooth on the upper surface and glandular-hairy underneath. The fruit is a red, oblong berry 10 to 15 millimeters long, covered in dense glandular bristles.

Habitat: Montane, subalpine forests

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 665-2130 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH

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

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