This photo from the King Country Plant Guide shows a good closeup of the flowering stage of Sambucus racemosa, or the red elderberry. (Remember, this is the elderberry that grows in cooler North American climates, and should not be eaten!) You can really see the difference between the fist-sized bunched appearance of the racemosa flowers versus the flatter, wider flower clusters of the Sambucus nigra and canadensis (the black, purple and dark blue elderberries that are most often eaten). This photo shows an entire red elderberry shrub - sizable, but smaller than its wild nigra and canadensis counterparts. And in this photo, there’s certainly no confusion as to which kind of elderberry this is… look at those beautiful red berries! Too bad they should be left for the birds.
photos of red elderberry from king country plant guide
January 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: growing & harvesting
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1 s levy // Aug 25, 2008 at 5:20 pm
have these berries on my land, along with three other dark lue to black berries-need to identify these-any suggestions, can’t comment on the blooms-haven’t been here long enough-name of the road is elderberry st and house was built in1880, any help would be appreciated-
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