Re: Blue elderberry



On Jul 29, 2010, at 9:35 AM, Deborah Lindsay wrote:
Help! What is the current botanical name and family of the shrubby tree I know as Sambucus mexicana?? I haven't been keeping up with changes and I'm reading conflicting info.

Deborah Lindsay
Oakland, California

Deborah,

The Missouri Botanical Gardens Tropicos database shows Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. as the accepted name for this taxon.  It is in the family Adoxaceae E. Mey.

John C. MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23


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