Ribes menziesii var. hystrix (Eastw.) Jeps.

Grossularia hystrix (Eastw.) Coville & Britton
Ribes HyslH^:l^BStw. Proc. Calif. Acad. III. Bot. 2: 248. 1902.
Stems a meter high or more, with tortuous densely bristly young branches, the bristles yellow; nodal spines stout, subulate, 1-2.5 cm. long, pubescent toward the base. I/eaves thin, 2-5 cm. wide, orbicular to ovate-orbicular, 3-5-lobed, incised-dentate, not rugose, glabrous or sparingly pubescent above when young, finely loosely pubescent or nearly glabrous but with mainly sessile or very short-stalked glands beneath ; petioles about as long as the blade, whitish-pubescent and with stalked glands ; peduncles 1-3flowered, pubescent and with stalked glands, as long as the petioles or longer ; bracts orbicular to ovate, sometimes lobed, shorter than the pedicels ; ovary pubescent and with both glandular and non-glandular bristles ; hypanthium purple, pubescent and glandular, subcampanulate, about 4 mm. long, nearly half as long as the sepals; sepals greenishpurple, lanceolate, glandular-hairy and sparingly villous below, conspicuously villous at the apex ; petals white, obovate, acute, clawed, about 5 mm. long, about as long as the flat filaments ; anthers sagittate, mucronate, 3 mm. long ; styles surpassing the sepals ; berry purple, densely prickly.
Type locality : Gorda, Santa Lucia Mountains, California. Distribution : Santa Lucia Mountains.