Sambucus nigra
Common Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
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- Botanical name
- Sambucus canadensis
- Also known as
- American Black Elderberry, American Elder, Canada Elderberry, Common Elderberry, White Elder
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Genus
- Sambucus
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Elderberry
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Sambucus canadensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aralia sololensis
Sambucus bipinnata
Sambucus bipinnata
Sambucus canadensis f. aurea
Sambucus canadensis f. canadensis
Sambucus canadensis subsp. laciniata
Sambucus canadensis var. canadensis
Sambucus canadensis var. delicatissima
Sambucus canadensis var. laciniata
Sambucus canadensis var. oreopola
Sambucus canadensis var. submollis
Sambucus cerulea var. arizonica
Sambucus eberhardtii
Sambucus intermedia var. insularis
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
Sambucus nigra var. canadensis
Sambucus orbiculata
Sambucus oreopola
Sambucus planteriensis
Sambucus plantierensis
Sambucus rehderiana
Sambucus repens
Sambucus simpsonii
Others in Sambucus
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