Ribes victoris

Victor's gooseberry

Family: Grossulariaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Victor's gooseberry is a California native shrub found in northern coastal ranges and San Francisco Bay Area in canyon forests and chaparral at elevations of 130 to 750 meters. Flowering from March to April, this plant produces white flowers with purple-tinged bases, petals curled inward, in clusters of one to two blooms. Growing with stems less than 2 meters tall, it features 1 to 3 nodal spines and puberulent, slightly bristly branches that are sticky to the touch. Its leaves are 1.5 to 5 centimeters wide, sparsely covered with glandular surfaces, creating a delicate textural appearance. The fruit develops as a yellow berry 8 to 10 millimeters long, covered with slight glandular bristles.

Habitat: Canyon forests, chaparral

Bloom period: Mar-Apr

Elevation: 130-750 m

Bioregions: NCoRO, SnFrB.

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