Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sambucus racemosa var. pubens
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
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Read more about Sambucus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sambucus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-06-002:
Sambucus pubens FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sambucus pubens
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Red Elderberry, Red-berried Elder
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JK Marlow jkm160503_178
May Haywood-Jackson Counties NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Bears its flowers in elongated, panicle-like inflorescences, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm0407u_07
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
The leaves have 5 to7 coarsely toothed leaflets, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
Ron Lance rwl1311_a
July
Fruits red, borne in elongated or racemose clusters, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
COMPARE fruit of Elderberry species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sambucus racemosa var. pubens
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sambucus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-06-002:
Sambucus pubens
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sambucus pubens
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