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16. Leaves, leafstalks, twigs, and gooseberries finely 

 short-white-hairy, sometimes also with gland-tipped 

 hairs; flowers yellowish, with yellowish petals, the tu- 

 bular part often broader than long; gooseberries yel- 

 low, ripening to black, rarely without hairs; shrubs to 

 6 feet high, with rigid, often recurved branches; Crook 

 and Deschutes Cos., s. to Jackson, Klamath and Lake 

 Cos., s. Oreg.; not reported from Wash.; type locality, 

 n. part of Calif., and regions adjacent. 



desert gooseberry (Ribes velutinum) . 



16. Leaves, leafstalks, twigs, and gooseberries hairless or 

 nearly so (leaves and leafstalks sometimes finely 

 short-white-hairy-fringed along edges or leaves some 

 what scurfy on under surface) ; leaves usually with 

 narrow lobes and relatively broad spaces between 

 them; flowers whitish to pinkish; petals white; goose- 

 berries cherry-red, sweet, shrubs with long-arching, 

 yellow or pale straw-colored branches with single 

 spines of the same color, often forming dense, spiny 

 thickets; closely related to desert gooseberry; rocky 

 ledges, lower elevations, ne. Oreg., se. Wash.; canyons 

 along Snake River; type locality, about 5 miles w. of 

 Imnaha, Wallowa Co., ne. Oreg. 



Goodding gooseberry (Ribes gooddingii). 



Desert gooseberry 



Goodding gooseberry 



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