Participant Info

Species

Ribes leptanthum [Grossularia leptantha]

Family

Grossulariaceae

CommonName

trumpet gooseberry

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

Cumbres

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes, Hot Creek, La Jara

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Middle San Francisco Creek trailhead 16 May 2019

Comments

Trumpet gooseberry is a mid-elevation currant, common in the foothills but also ranging up into the subalpine. Ribes leptanthum is yet to be collected from the Culebras, although it is recorded from the north Cristos of New Mexico, whose distribution follows the Rio Grande drainage to the border with Mexico (with one record from Jeff Davis Co in Texas). It is a USA Southwest plant of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.

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