Ribes marshallii

Ribes marshallii
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
Synonyms
  • Grossularia marshallii (Greene) Coville & Britton

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+12 ft) tall. It produces arching stems 1 to 2 metres (3+12 to 6+12 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 (38 in) long. The lightly hairy leaves are roughly 1–3 cm (121+14 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.