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Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 40
Sue Smith | Leaves Lynx Creek
Sue Smith | Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 40
Sue Smith | Flowers Forest Trails
Doug McMillan | Fruit Little Thumb Butte
Marv Mazur | Fruit Granite Mtn - Tr 40
Sue Smith | |
Origin: Native Similar Species: Ribes aureum
General Description: Deciduous. Spreading to erect shrub, stems lightly hairy, gland-dotted, spines absent.
Identification notes: Multi-stemmed shrub, densely branched, without bristles or thorns; leaves rounded, with 3 to 5 lobes, margins round-toothed, smooth upper surface, downy gray below; flowers tubular, petals pink to whitish, sepals greenish; fruit round, bright red, fleshy.
Height: 6 feet Width: 8 feet
Habitat Description: Found on rocky slopes or cliffs in open forests and shrublands.
Plant Communities: Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5000 - 9000 feet
Color: White to pink Shape: Regular in clusters
Tubular: Y Flowering Period: May - Aug
Description: White or pink, tubular and sticky to 3/8 inch long in groups of 1 to 4. Sepals longer than the petals, stamens not exceeding the petals, sepals light green to light pink, sepal tips bent backward.
Leaf Color: Green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Lobed Attachment: Alternate Hairs: Top and bottom of leaves
Description: Light green with tiny white glandular dots, sticky, 3 to 5 lobed, glandular-haired to 1 inch wide.
Color: Yellowish-red, reddish-orange Type: Berry-like Description: Yellowish-red, reddish-orange, bright red to dark red, sticky fruits to 1/4 inch in diameter in a hanging cluster.
Bark Color: Reddish-gray to gray Bark Texture (Mature): Rough Bark and Branch Description: Older branches gray, newer branches reddish-gray. Fine peeling on larger stems.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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