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Ribes lobbii (known commonly by the names Gummy Gooseberry, Fuchsia-Flowered Gooseberry or Pioneer Gooseberry) is a shrubby, deciduous, shade-intolerant perennial dicot found in the North American west. It was first described in 1876 by Asa Gray. The specific epithet was a dedication to the English plant collector William Lobb. Ribes lobbii is a deciduous, loosely branched shrub, about half a meter to one meter in height. Its stems are spreading, finely hairy, generally having three slender nodal spines, 7-12 millimeter long. It has bark that starts out brown, changing to a deep greyish-red later.
Shrub
2 - 3 ft Tall
Winter Deciduous
Red, Pink, Purple
Deep Shade, Partial Shade
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16
North Coastal Coniferous Forest, Red Fir Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 56 likely
Western Avocado Leafroller Moth
Amorbia cuneana
Miranda Underwing
Amphipyra pyramidoides
Polyphemus moth
Antheraea polyphemus