Rock Gooseberry

Grossularia quercetorum (Greene) Coville & Britton
Jiibes quercetorum Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1 ; 83. 1885.
Ribes Congdoni Heller, Muhlenbergia 1 : 101. 1904.
Ribes leptanthum quercetorum Jancz. M^m. Soc. Geneve 35 : 380. 1907.
Ribes velutinum Congdoni ]a.ncz. M€m. Soc. Geneve 35: 381. 1907.
Bsetose, or sparingly bristly, 1-1.5 m. high, the bark gray-brown ; nodal spines usually solitary, straight or slightly curved, 1 cm. long or less ; young shoots pubescent. Leaves suborbicular in outline, 1-2 cm. wide, 3-5-cleft, rather thin, the lobes dentate, both surfaces finely pubescent or nearly glabrous, not glandular or with few glands, the base truncate or subcordate, the pubescent petioles mostly shorter than the blades ; peduncles pubescent, about as long as the blades, 2-3-flowered ; bracts broad, shorter than the pedicels ; ovary glabrous ; hypanthium yellow, pubescent, about 2.5-3 mm. long, short-cylindric, as long as or somewhat shorter than the yellow pubescent or ciliate sepals ; petals shorter than the sepals, a little longer than the stamens ; anthers short-oblong ; style glabrous ; berry smooth, globose, about 8 mm. in diameter.
Type locality : Kl Paso de Robles, California. Distribution : Middle California to Lower California.