Ribes californicum

Identification

Ribes californicum, Hillside Gooseberry.
Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry - grid24_3
Ribes californicum, Hillside Gooseberry with Dogface Butterfly
Ribes californicum, Hillside Gooseberry, its flowers being visited by a digger bee in Santa Margarita, California.  - grid24_3
Ribes californicum, Hillside Gooseberry with a Digger bee, Anthophora.
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Ribes californicum with humming bird guarding the flowers
Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry - grid24_3
Ribes californicum, Hillside Gooseberry closeup
Ribes californicum, Hillside Gooseberry or California Gooseberry - grid24_3
Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry
Ribes californicum, Hillside Gooseberry as full sized shrub - grid24_3
Ribes californicum, Hillside gooseberry Bush
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A safe place for birds
An Edwards Bumblebee on the Ribes californicum flower. - grid24_3
An Edwards Bumblebee on the Ribes californicum flower.

Description

A 3'-5' deciduous shrub. The flowers are white-purple in Feb.-Mar.. Native to the coast ranges. The So. Ca. form is R.cal.hesperium. It doesn't seem different from the straight species. It likes part shade and moderate water. A refined-looking gooseberry. Birds like the berries. Plant is thorny, do not put next to a walkway. Excellent background plant in a bird garden, wildlife habitat,or woodland garden. I took a picture of a native bee getting nectar. Native bees are largely on their own (no colonies)and behave just like a small hummingbird. They ward off other beeflies, and come over and check out the photographer. No biggy, they just wonder what you are with that big eye in front. The hummingbirds working the same plant do the same thing. Click here for more about California Currants and Gooseberries

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Characteristics

Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry tolerates sand and seasonal flooding.
Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry is great for a bird garden and a butterfly garden.
Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry's foliage type is deciduous.
Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry's flower color is white.
Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry's fruit is edible.

Communities

Communities for Ribes californicum Hillside Gooseberry:Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Mixed-evergreen Forest, Redwood Forest and Central Oak Woodland.

Ranges for Ribes californicum

ph: 6.00 to 8.00
usda: 6 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 1.00
width[m]: 1.00 to 2.00
rainfall[cm]: 58.00 to 126.00

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