Grossulariaceae
Canyon gooseberry
Ribes menziesii
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Genus
- Ribes
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Canyon gooseberry
Synonyms
- Grossularia hystrix (Eastw.) Coville & Britton
- Grossularia leptosma Coville
- Grossularia menziesii (Pursh) Coville & Britton
- Grossularia menziesii var. subvestita A.Berger
- Grossularia senilis Coville
- Ribes ferox Sm.
- Ribes hystrix Eastw.
- Ribes leptosma Fedde
- Ribes leptosmum (Coville) Standl.
- Ribes menziesianum Schult.
- Ribes menziesii var. faustum Jeps.
- Ribes menziesii var. hystriculum Jeps.
- Ribes menziesii var. hystrix (Eastw.) Jeps.
- Ribes menziesii var. ixoderme Quick
- Ribes menziesii var. leptosmum (Coville) Jeps.
- Ribes menziesii var. menziesii
- Ribes menziesii var. retineatum Jeps.
- Ribes menziesii var. senile (Coville) Jeps.
- Ribes menziesii var. subvestitum (Hook. & Arn.) Jancz.
- Ribes occidentale Hook. & Arn.
- Ribes occidentale var. albidum Jancz.
- Ribes senile Standl.
- Ribes senile (Coville) Fedde
- Ribes subvestitum Hook. & Arn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.