Viburnaceae
Red-berried elder
Sambucus racemosa
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Genus
- Sambucus
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Common names
By language (44)
- Arabic
- بيلسان أحمر
- Armenian
- Կտտկենի սովորական
- arz
- خمان عذقى
- Asturian
- Xabú bermeyu
- azb
- قیرمیزی گندلاش
- Azerbaijani
- Qırmızı gəndəlaş
- ba
- Өсҡат
- Basque
- Intsusa gorri
- Belarusian
- Бузіна гронкавая
- Bulgarian
- Червен бъз
- Catalan
- Saüc racemós, Sureau à grappes
- Chinese
- 紅接骨木莓, 总序接骨木
- Croatian
- Crvena bazga
- csb
- Kòralowi bes
- cv
- Упа хĕрлĕ паланĕ
- Czech
- Bez červený, Bez hroznatý
- Danish
- Drue-Hyld, Druehyld
- Dutch
- Trosvlier
- English
- Red-berried elder, Red elderberry
- Estonian
- Punane leeder
- Finnish
- Terttuselja
- French
- Sureau de montagne, Sureau rameux, Sureau rouge1ou, Sureau à grappes
- German
- Roter Holunder, Berg-Holunder, Bergholler, Hirsch-Holunder, Sureau à grappes, Trauben-Holunder
- Hebrew
- סמבוק אדום
- hsb
- Čerwjena bozanka
- Hungarian
- Fürtös bodza
- Icelandic
- Rauðyllir
- Italian
- Sambuco rosso
- Japanese
- セイヨウアカミニワトコ
- Kazakh
- Qızıl ırğaý, Қызыл ырғай, قىزىل ىرعاي
- Latvian
- Sarkanais plūškoks
- Lithuanian
- Raudonuogis šeivamedis, Sureau à grappes
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Buskhyll
- os
- Сырх фæдæгъд
- Persian
- آقطی قرمز
- Polish
- Bez koralowy, Dziki bez koralowy
- Russian
- Бузина красная, Бузина кистевидная, Бузина кистистая, Бузина обыкновенная
- Slovak
- Baza červená
- Slovenian
- Divji bezeg, Češuljek
- Spanish
- Sauco rojo, Saúco rojo
- Swedish
- Druvfläder, Amerikansk druvfläder, Flikbladig druvfläder, Japansk druvfläder, Sureau à grappes
- Ukrainian
- Бузина червона
- vep
- Sitmarjad
- Welsh
- Ysgawen aeron coch
Synonyms
- Sambucus borealis Greene
- Sambucus racemosa subsp. racemosa
- Sambucus racemosa var. laciniata W.D.J.Koch ex DC.
- Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa
- Sambucus sylvestris Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 6,097 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Loïc Mathieu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.