Ribes marshallii
| Ribes marshallii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ribes |
| Species: | R. marshallii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ribes marshallii Greene 1887 | |
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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. 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. 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. Glandular hairs occur on veins and leaf margins.
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.