Sierra gooseberry Grossulariaceae Ribes roezlii

Leaf:Alternate, simple, deciduous, palmately lobed (3 to 5 lobes), round in outline, 1 inch in diameter; hairless or hairy, lacking sticky glands.
Flower:Species is monoecious, small, pendulous, red to purple sepals with 5 white petals, occur singly or in clusters of 2-3, spectacularly showy.
Fruit:Dark purple, 1/2 inch red to purple berries covered with sharp spines and gland-tipped bristles, edible.
Twig:Heavily armed at nodes with tri-parted spines, no prickles between the nodes, twig and spines distinctly red when young.
Bark:Gray-brown, lenticellate, splitting.
Form:Spiny deciduous shrub 2-5’ tall, erect in sun or trailing in shade, grows alone or in thickets.

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