Ribes roezlii var. roezlii

Sierra gooseberry

Family: Grossulariaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Sierra gooseberry is a California native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges, high Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi Mountains, southern Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and Modoc Plateau in forest, chaparral, and woodland habitats at elevations of 200 to 2,850 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces white to pale pink flowers with notable hairy sepals and hypanthium. Growing as a compact shrub less than 1.5 meters tall with multiple stems, it develops a dense, branching structure. Its leaves have soft, fuzzy undersides with a distinctive hairy texture, contributing to the plant's rugged mountain appearance. The shrub produces edible gooseberries that provide food for local wildlife in its high-elevation mountain habitats.

Habitat: Forest, chaparral, woodland

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 200-2850 m

Bioregions: KR, CaRH, SNH, Teh, SCoRO, TR, PR, MP.

California counties: Los Angeles, Kern, Tuolumne, San Bernardino, Del Norte, Siskiyou, Tulare, Fresno, Plumas, Nevada, El Dorado, Riverside, San Diego, Placer, Amador, Modoc, Mendocino, Sonoma, Tehama, Monterey, Orange, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Santa Barbara, Shasta, Sierra, Trinity, Calaveras, Humboldt, Mono, Alpine, Butte, Yuba, Ventura

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