[2][3] Ribes velutinum is a North American species of currant known by the common name desert gooseberry.

[5] Ribes velutinum is a spreading shrub growing to 2 metres (6+1⁄2 ft) in height.

The thick, leathery leaves have generally rounded blades divided shallowly into three or five lobes and dotted with glandular hairs.

Each small flower is a tube of white or yellowish sepals with smaller, similarly colored petals inside.

It is native to areas in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, California, and Arizona),[10][11] It grows in many types of habitat, including sagebrush scrub, pinyon–juniper woodland, and yellow pine forest.