Ribes marshallii

Marshall's gooseberry, Marshall's Gooseberry

Family: Grossulariaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Marshall's gooseberry is a California native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges in montane forest at elevations of 1,200 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces bright yellow flowers with purple sepals, each bloom appearing deeply concave with a hooded tip. Growing as an arched shrub less than 2 meters tall with three distinctive nodal spines, it develops branches that can root at their tips. Its leaves are approximately 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters wide, nearly glabrous and smooth-textured. The fruit develops as a dark red, oblong berry 10 to 20 millimeters long, sparely covered with appressed hairs.

Habitat: Montane forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1200-2100 m

Bioregions: KR

California counties: Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity, Del Norte

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