Santa Lucia Gooseberry (Ribes sericeum)

Santa Lucia Gooseberry, a reference photo — Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Ribes sericeum is a species of currant known by the common name Lucia gooseberry, or Santa Lucia gooseberry; its Latin epithet of sericeum means "of silk". It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the Santa Lucia Mountains along the Central Coast and an additional isolated population in Santa Barbara County.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Santa Lucia Gooseberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Ribes menziesii
Ribes amarum
Ribes lobbii
Ribes californicum
Ribes roezlii

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species: Ribes sericeum

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