Red Elderberry Flower Red Elderberry Stem Red Elderberry Leaves Red Elderberry Plant

Wildflowers of Southern Arizona


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Red Elderberry.
Sambucus racemosa.
Muskroot (Adoxaceae) family.

Plant: Shrub 2-6 m, deciduous. Stem: pith conspicuous, spongy. Leaves: opposite, pinnately (rarely bipinnately) compound, with terminal leaflet; leaflets serrate, 5-7, 6-16 cm, lanceolate to oblong-ovate, base generally asymmetric, tip gradually acuminate. INFLORESCENCE: panicle made up of cymes, terminal, 6-10 cm diam, ± dome-shaped; central axis remaining dominant throughout development. Flowers: small; calyx 5-toothed; corolla radial, rotate, 5-lobed, white or cream; ovary chambers 3-5, ovules 1 per chamber and suspended from its top, style short, stigmas 3-5. Fruit: drupe, generally bright red, not glaucous; Seeds 3-5. Misc: Moist places; < 3300 m.

Santa Catalina Mountains.
Turkey Run
Location: Beside trail.
6/9/16

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