Ribes marshallii
Ribes marshallii is a North American species of currant known by the common names Hupa gooseberry and Marshall's gooseberry. It is endemic to the Pacific Northwest's Klamath Mountains. It is a shrub growing up to 2 metres (6+1⁄2 ft) tall.[2] It produces arching stems 1 to 2 metres (3+1⁄2 to 6+1⁄2 ft) long which may root at the tip when it reaches moist substrate.[citation needed] Nodes on the stem bear three spines each up to 1 centimetre (3⁄8 in) long. The lightly hairy leaves are roughly 1–3 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄4 in) across and divided into 3–5 widely toothed lobes.[2] Glandular hairs occur on veins and leaf margins.[3] The inflorescence is a solitary flower or raceme of up to three flowers which hang pendent from the branches from leaf axils. The small, showy flower has five pointed purple-red sepals which are reflexed upward. At the center is a tubular corolla of bright yellow petals from which emerge five stamens and two thin, mostly fused styles. The fruit is a prickly oblong berry up to 2 cm long which ripens to dark red. The fruits are of unknown edibility.[2][3] Distribution and habitatRibes marshallii is endemic to the Klamath Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California.[4][5] It grows in montane to subalpine coniferous forests.[2] References
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