Ribes binominatum
Ribes binominatum is a species of currant known by the common names trailing gooseberry and ground gooseberry. It is native to the western United States.
Description
Ribes binominatum is a low, spreading shrub no more than a meter tall, and often quite a bit shorter. Nodes along the stem each bear three spines up to in length. The hairy, glandular leaves are long, wide, and deeply divided into 3 or 5 rounded, toothed lobes.The inflorescence is a solitary flower or a raceme of up to four flowers which dangling from the branches. The flower has five fuzzy sepals in shades of pale green, sometimes edged with red, which are reflexed upward. At the center is a tubular corolla of white or pinkish petals around five stamens and two shorter styles.
The fruit is a yellowish-green berry about wide which is covered in long prickles which harden into spines.