Ribes montigenum Mc Clatchie

Ribes montigenum McClatchie, Erythea 5 : 38. 1897
Ribes lacustre molle A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1 : 206. 1876.
Ribes nubigenum McClatchie, Krythea 2 : 80. 1894. Not R. nubigenum Philippi, 1857.
Ribes lacustre lentum M. B. Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 5 : 681. 1895.
Ribes molle Howell, Fl. NW. Am. 1 : 209." 1898. Not R. molle Poepp. 1858.
Ribes lentum Coville & Rose, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 15 : 28. 1902.
A straggling shrub, 3-6 dm. high, the stems more or less bristly, the nodal spines short, or sometimes stout and longer than the leaves. Foliage and inflorescence more or less densely pubescent and glandular-pubescent ; leaves smaller than those of Ribes lacustre^ 1.5-4 cm. wide, deeply 5-lobed or 5-cleft, the lobes obovate to oblong, incised-serrate, the teeth acute or obtusish, the petioles mostly shorter than the blades ; racemes short, few-flowered, as long as the leaves or shorter ; pedicels 2-5 mm. long, as long as the lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate acute bracts or longer ; hypanthium crateriform, glandularbristly ; sepals veiny, 3-4 mm. long; berries red, glandular-bristly, palatable.
Type locality : Summit of Mt. San Antonio, southern California (3000 meters).
Distribution : In the high mountains of the arid region, from California, Arizona, and New Mexico, northward to Washington, Idaho, and Montana, and in the interior of British Columbia. In Arizona and New Mexico the species becomes less hairy throughout, the ovaries being sometimes quite glabrous. ,