Sambucus cerulea

Sambucus cerulea

Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea

Near Soda Mountain, southern Oregon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Adoxaceae
Genus: Sambucus
Species:
S. cerulea
Binomial name
Sambucus cerulea
Raf.
Natural range of Sambucus cerulea (including S. velutina in lighter blue)
Synonyms

Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea
Sambucus caerulea
Sambucus glauca

Sambucus cerulea or Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea, with the common names blue elderberry and blue elder, is a coarse textured shrub species of elder in the family Adoxaceae.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "[no title cited]". Plants. USDA. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ "[no title cited]". Jepson eFlora. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Sambucus cerulea Raf". Montana Plant Life. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2011.