Grossularia setosa

Grossularia setosa (Lindl.) Coville & Britton
Ribes setosum Lindl. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7 : 243. 1828.
Ribes saximontanum ENelson, Bot. Gaz. 30 : 19. 1900.
Ribes camporutn Blankinship, Mont. Agric. Coll. Sci. Stud. 1 : 63. 1905.
Plant usually less than 1 m. high, the shoots reddish-brown and usually bristly ;
nodal spines subulate, 2 cm. long or less. Leaves suborbicular in outline, 3-5-lobed, thin,
crenate-dentate, cordate, truncate, or sometimes narrowed at the base, 1-4 cm. wide, finely
pubescent and usually somewhat glandular, the pubescent and usually more or less glandular
petioles as long as the blades or shorter ; peduncles 1-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves ;
bracts thin, 1-2 mm. long, mostly somewhat shorter than the pedicels; ovary glabrous or
rarely with some glandular hairs ; hypanthium white, glabrous, cylindric-campanulate, 5-8
mm. long, about twice as long as the white sepals; petals one half to two thirds as long as
the sepals, about as long as the stamens ; anthers blunt ; style pubescent below ; berry red
to black, smooth or somewhat bristly, 8-12 mm. in diameter.
Type locality : Not recorded.
Distribution : Idaho to Montana, Assiniboia, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming.