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Ribes lobbii (gummy gooseberry)

Synonyms: Grossularia lobbii (homotypic); Ribes hookerianum; Ribes subvestitum (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Ribes lobbii (known commonly by the names gummy gooseberry, fuchsia-flowered gooseberry or pioneer gooseberry) is a shrubby, deciduous, shade-intolerant perennial dicot found on the western coast of North America. It was first described in 1876 by Asa Gray. The specific epithet was a dedication to the English plant collector William Lobb.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  The roots have been boiled with cedar (Juniperus spp, Thuja sp.) and wild rose (Rosa spp) roots, then pounded and woven into rope; The sharp thorns have been used as probes for boils, for removing splinters and for tattooing;
Height [1]  5.904 feet (1.8 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Crater Lake National Park II 180091 Oregon, United States
H.J. Andrews Biosphere Reserve 15815 Oregon, United States
Olympic Biosphere Reserve II 922805 Washington, United States
Oregon Caves National Monument V 456 Oregon, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0