[The Currant Family East of the Cascade
Mts.]
Gooding's Currant, Desert Gooseberry
Ribes velutinum (old variety gooddingii)
The photo above shows a close-up of the red fruit and stout spines of of Goodding's currant as seen at the five mile viewpoint along Hat Pt. Road in the Hell's Canyon National Recreation Area..................June 26, 2007.
The photo above shows a close-up of the deeply cleft leaves and stout spines of of Goodding's currant as seen at the five mile viewpoint along Hat Pt. Road in the Hell's Canyon National Recreation Area..................June 26, 2007.Note that the leaf surface of this variety are glabrous.
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The 3 photos seen directly above show close-up details of Gooding's currant as seen on prairie slopes high above the lower Imnaha River along the trail between Buckhorn Lookout and Eureka Bar in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest....................June 27, 2008. Click each photo to see enlarged versions (2x).
Paul Slichter
