Sambucus racemosa
European Red Elder
3 to 6
Southern Europe
and
Western Asia
8-12 feet
Small flowers are yellowish white, borne in large clusters
May
Opposite and compound pinnate with 5-7 leaflets in each leaf
Red berries similar to
S. pubens
'Flavescens' - yellow fruits with a red cheek
'Plumosa-aurea' - golden-yellow leaves with deeply toothed leaflets.
'Tenuifolia; - forms a mound of arching branches with finely divided, fern-like leaves.
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