Ribes speciosum Calflora

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Ribes speciosum Pursh

Fuchsia flowered gooseberry, Fuchsiaflower gooseberry

Ribes speciosum is a shrub that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1707 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Ribes
Family:	Grossulariaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Grossularia speciosa

Information about Ribes speciosum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (RISP) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/29/2025).