Ribes inermeRydb.

whitestem gooseberry

WFO wfo-0001135602 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ribes inerme, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. a Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-16 / obs. 151324935
Ribes inerme, photographed by Drew Meyer
fig. b Drew Meyer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 134878060
Ribes inerme, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. c Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 123912316
Ribes inerme, photographed by Don Loarie
fig. d Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4691890
Ribes inerme, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. e Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 3745321
Ribes inerme, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore
fig. f Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185283206
Ribes inerme, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. g Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 16406445
Ribes inerme, photographed by Christine Rudman
fig. h Christine Rudman, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197640392

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Ribes inerme is native: Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming AlbertaArizonaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoIdahoMontanaNevadaNew MexicoOregonUtahWashingtonWyoming
Native distribution of Ribes inerme, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alberta ABT NORTHERN AMERICA
Arizona ARI
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Idaho IDA
Montana MNT
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
Oregon ORE
Utah UTA
Washington WAS
Wyoming WYO

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Grossularia inermis (Rydb.) Coville & Britton
  • Grossularia inermis f. puberula A.Berger
  • Grossularia inermis f. pubescens A.Berger
  • Grossularia inermis var. pubescens A.Berger
  • Grossularia klamathensis Coville
  • Ribes divaricatum var. inerme (Rydb.) McMinn
  • Ribes divaricatum var. klamathense (Coville) McMinn
  • Ribes hirtellum unranked purpusii Koehne ex Späth
  • Ribes inerme f. incisum W.A.Weber
  • Ribes inerme var. subarmatum M.Peck
  • Ribes klamathense (Coville) Standl.
  • Ribes oxyacanthoides var. nevadense Jancz.
  • Ribes oxyacanthoides var. purpusii (Koehne ex Späth) Jancz.
  • Ribes oxyacanthoides var. vagum Jancz.
  • Ribes purpusii (Koehne ex Späth) Blank.
  • Ribes valicola Greene

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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