Sambucus cerulea

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.

Sambucus cerulea

Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea

Near Soda Mountain, southern Oregon
Scientific 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

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