Ribes pinetorum, the orange gooseberry, is a plant species native to Arizona and New Mexico. It grows in coniferous forests at elevations of 1900–3100 m.Flora of North America Ribes pinetorum Greene, 157. 1881. Orange gooseberry Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution mapSEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
Ribes pinetorum is a shrub up to 2 m (80 inches) tall, lacking prickles on the stems. Flowers are solitary, orange, tubular, hanging. Fruits are purple, spherical, about 13 mm (0.52 inch) across, with spines but considered by many people to be good-tasting.photo of lectotype specimen of Ribes pinetorumat Missouri Botanical GardenGreene, Edward Lee. 1881. Botanical Gazette 6(1): 157Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 1908. North American Flora 22(3): 217.Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1960. Arizona Flora. (ed. 2) 1032 pp. University of California Press, Berkeley.
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