Ribes roezlii var. amictum

Hoary gooseberry, Hoary Gooseberry

Family: Grossulariaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Hoary gooseberry is a California native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, and Cascade Range Highlands in forest edges and woodlands at elevations of 15 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces white to greenish flowers with densely white-hairy hypanthium and sepals. Growing to less than 1.5 meters tall with spreading branches, it forms a compact woodland shrub. Its leaves have distinctive blades densely covered in white hair on the undersides, creating a soft, silvery-gray appearance. The fruit is a distinctive gooseberry, typical of the Ribes genus.

Habitat: Forest edges, woodland

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: 15-2000 m

Bioregions: KR, c NCoRO, CaRH.

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