Taxon

Sambucus pubens

 
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Sambucus pubens - scarlet elder, red-berry elder
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: scarlet elder, red-berry elder
Family: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)
Synonym: Sambucus racemosa subsp. pubens
Distribution: North America
Hardiness: USDA Zone 3
Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments: This large-growing, deciduous shrub can reach 10' high and wide. Cream-colored flowers appear in May in pyramidal panicles and are followed by clusters of bright red fruit. Excellent backdrop plant or use as specimen in back yard. Does best in full sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil.
Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • World Flora Online

Locations

  • 1: VCA: AU12 (AU12) • Accession: D2000-1291.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 2: VCA: AU13 (AU13) • Accession: D2000-1291.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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