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Pronunciation: RIE-bees ROZE-lee-eye
Common name: Sierra gooseberry
Family: Grossulariaceae (Goosefoot)
Habitat: Dry open slopes, 3500'-8000', montane coniferous forest
Blooming period: May to June
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. His name could have been pronounced as ROZE-el or REZ-el or REEZ-el or something else.