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Spreading Gooseberry
( Ribes divaricatum )
Ribes divaricatum
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About Spreading Gooseberry (Ribes divaricatum)
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Ribes divaricatum
is a species of currant known by several common names, including spreading gooseberry, coast black gooseberry, and wild gooseberry. It is native to the forests, woodlands, and coastal scrub of western North America from British Columbia to California. It is a shrub sometimes reaching 3 meters in height with woody branches with one to three thick brown thorns at leaf nodes. The leaves are generally palmate in shape and edged with teeth. The blades are up to 6 centimeters long and borne on petioles. The flower cluster is a small cluster of hanging flowers, each with reflexed purple-tinted green sepals and smaller, lighter petals encircling long, protruding stamens. The fruit is a berry up to a centimeter wide which is black when ripe. It is similar to
Ribes lacustre
and Ribes lobbi, but the former has smaller, reddish to maroon flowers and the latter has reddish flowers that resemble those of fuchsias and sticky leaves. The fruit was food for a number of Native American groups of the Pacific Northwest, and other parts of the plant, especially the bark, was used for medicinal purposes.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
5.5 - 11 ft tall
3.3 ft wide
Dormancy
Winter Deciduous
Flower Color
Red, Pink, Purple, Green
Flowering Season
Spring
Wildlife Supported
Native bees; Hummingbirds; Butterflies: Tailed Copper, Hoary Comma, Oreas Comma
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 85
likely
* )
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Oreas Comma
Polygonia oreas
Polygonia oreas
*
Hoary Comma
Polygonia gracilis
Polygonia gracilis
*
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
Aglais milberti
Aglais milberti
*
Satyr Comma
Polygonia satyrus
Polygonia satyrus
*
Green Comma
Polygonia faunus
Polygonia faunus
*
Tailed Copper
Lycaena arota
Lycaena arota
*
White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
Hyles lineata
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Low
Nurseries
Carried by 6
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy
Soil Drainage
Fast
Soil Description
Moisture retentive but well-drained loamy soil of at least moderate quality. Soil PH: 4.8 - 8.2
Common uses
Deer Resistant, Bird Gardens, Hummingbird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Natural Setting
Site Type
Bluffs
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 11.8" - 117.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.17" - 3.43", Coldest Month: 19.5" - 55.2", Hottest Month: 45.4" - 79.6", Humidity: 0.10" - 26.29", Elevation: 3" - 10692"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Coast Black Gooseberry, Wild Goosebe
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Ribes divaricatum
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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