Viburnaceae
Blue elderberry
Sambucus cerulea
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Genus
- Sambucus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- خمان أزرق, خمان مخملي
- arz
- خمان ازرق
- Chinese
- 绒毛接骨木, 蓝果接骨木
- English
- Blue elderberry, Blue elder
- Estonian
- Sinine leeder
- Georgian
- Დიგულა
- German
- Blauer Holunder
- Icelandic
- Flauelsyllir
- nv
- Atsiniltłʼish yiltʼąąʼí, Chʼil bitsin łizhiní
- Persian
- آقطی آبی
Synonyms
- Sambucus caerulea Raf.
- Sambucus californica K.Koch
- Sambucus cerulea f. fimbriata Schwer.
- Sambucus cerulea var. cerulea
- Sambucus cerulea var. glauca Schwer.
- Sambucus cerulea var. velutina Schwer.
- Sambucus coriacea Greene
- Sambucus decipiens M.E.Jones
- Sambucus ferax A.Nelson
- Sambucus fimbriata Greene
- Sambucus glauca Nutt.
- Sambucus glauca var. velutina I.M.Johnst.
- Sambucus maritima Greene
- Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea (Raf.) Bolli
- Sambucus nigra var. caerulea (Raf.) B.L.Turner
- Sambucus velutina Durand & Hilg.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 5,167 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Sean Haight, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Wsiegmund assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: drizard, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Sambucus australisViburnaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.