Sambucus ebulus L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Viburnaceae// Genus: Sambucus// Species: Sambucus ebulus L. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Raab-Straube, 2017+).

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Distribution: Native from Madeira, Northwest Africa, Europe (except the North) to Iran and Turkmenistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Near rivers, mountain roads and clearings of forests, roadsides, disturbed ground, near cultivated land and other ruderal areas.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.

References:

Sambucus ebulus L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149315-1 [Accessed 04.04.2022].

Sambucus ebulus. Raab-Straube, E. von (2017+): Viburnaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Sambucus%20ebulus&PTRefFk=7500000 [Accessed 04.04.2022].

Sambucus ebulus. Raab-Straube, E. von (2017+): Viburnaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/38f667ff-f883-4f10-8330-9362459def0f [Accessed 11.01.2023].

Sambucus L. Ferguson, I.K. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 44 – 45.

Last update: 11.01.2023.