Ribes binominatum is a species of currant known by the common names trailing gooseberry and ground gooseberry.Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ribes binominatum A.A. Heller, ground gooseberry, trailing gooseberry It is native to the western United States.
Description Ribes binominatum is a low, spreading shrub no more than a meter (40 inches) tall, and often quite a bit shorter. Nodes along the stem each bear three spines up to in length. The hairy, glandular leaves are long, wide, and deeply divided into 3 or 5 rounded, toothed lobes.
The inflorescence is a solitary flower or a raceme of up to four flowers which dangling from the branches. The flower has five fuzzy sepals in shades of pale green, sometimes edged with red, which are reflexed upward. At the center is a tubular corolla of white or pinkish petals around five stamens and two shorter styles.Flora of North America, Ribes binominatum
The fruit is a yellowish-green berry about wide which is covered in long prickles which harden into spines.
Distribution and habitat It is native to the Klamath Mountains and adjacent northern California Coast Ranges, in far northern California and western Oregon.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map It grows in higher-elevation forests and meadows.
References
External links Jepson Manual Treatment — Ribes binominatum United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile