Pronunciation: RIE-bees ROZE-lee-eye
Common name: Sierra gooseberry
Family: Grossulariaceae (Gooseberry)
Habitat: Dry open slopes, 3500'-8000', montane
coniferous forest
Blooming period: May to June
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Ribes
(2) roezlii
NOTE: It is difficult to know how Roezl would have
pronounced his name in the Bohemia of 150 years
ago, so my pronunciation as given above does not
necessarily follow that.