Grossularia lobbii
(A. Gray) Coville & Britton
Gummy gooseberry, Canyon Gooseberry, Sticky gooseberry
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Description
A straggling bush. There are a cluster of 3 slender spines at each node. The plant is covered with soft sticky hairs. The bark is red brown and sheds with age. The fruit are 1.5 cm across.
Edible Uses
The fruit are occasionally eaten raw, or boiled and cooled to eat with fish. They are also boiled, dried into cakes, and stored for later use.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are occasionally eaten raw. They are boiled, cooled and eaten with fish. They are boiled, dried into cakes and stored for later use.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. In Canada it grows in lowland valleys and along the edges of streams.
Where It Grows
Canada, North America, USA,
Notes
There are about 150 Ribes species.
Synonyms
References (5)
- Amer. Naturalist 10:274. 1876 (As Ribes lobbii)
- Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994)
- MacKinnon, A., et al, 2009, Edible & Medicinal Plants of Canada. Lone Pine. p 106 (As Ribes lobbii)
- Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 478
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Ribes lobbii)
