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Ribes lasianthum is a species of currant known by the common name alpine gooseberry. It is native to California, where it can be found in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, its distribution extending just into Nevada. It grows in high mountain habitat, often in open areas. It is a spreading shrub growing one half to one meter in height. It has fuzzy, prickly stems, the nodes bearing spines up to a centimeter long....

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