Sambucus canadensis

Canadian elderberry (Sambucus nigra subsp. Canadensis), flowering

The Canadian elderberry (Sambucus nigra subsp. Canadensis) is a subspecies of occurring in Central Europe species Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) from the family of musk weed plants ( Adoxaceae ).

Description

The Canadian elder is reached a large shrub or small tree, the growth heights of up to 3 meters. Its wood is soft, his marrow white. The bark of its young branches is slightly frosted. The opposite, pinnate leaves are up to 30 centimeters long, 18 centimeters wide and usually five to elfteilig. The serrated edge leaves are elliptic to lanceolate, 3-15 cm long and 4-5 cm wide, very young hairy on the top, later glabrous except for a few hairs on the underside of the Vein. The stipules are stalk -like.

The one with a diameter of up to 30 centimeters arched - umbrella-shaped, branched zymöse inflorescence is bald. The pleasantly scented hermaphrodite flowers are radial symmetry and fünfzählig. The five sepals are greenish. The five bright yellowish- white petals are fused at the base. There is only one circuit available with five fused petals with the stamens; the white stamens are 2.4 millimeters long and the yellow anthers are 5 millimeters long. The ovary is inferior. The scar is five-lobed.

The great tasting, berry -like, small with a diameter of 4 to 6 mm fruits are round and glossy. The fruits contain four seeds.

Dissemination

The Canadian Elderberry is found in open spots in woods, river banks and in swamps in eastern North America to Florida, Texas and Arizona. There are also deposits in the West Indies and Mexico. The Canadian elderberry prefers fresh soils.

Taxonomy

The position of this species is controversial. It was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum, Volume 1, page 269 as Sambucus canadensis type. In 1994 she presented Richard Bolli in Dissertationes Botanicae, Volume 223, page 168 as Sambucus nigra L. subsp. canadensis (L.) Bolli to the rank of subspecies. Most recently, this type 2003 by Billie Lee Turner in Sida, Botanical Miscellany, Volume 24, page 6 as a variety Sambucus nigra L. var canadensis (L.) BLTurner erected.

Other synonyms are Sambucus mexicana C.Presl ex DC. , Sambucus oreopola Donn.Sm., Sambucus simpsonii Rehder.

Swell

• Camillo Karl Schneider: Illustrated Handbook of Hardwood customer, Vol 2, Jena, 1912, pp. 635, Sambucus canadensis Online
• John Kunkel Small: Manual of the southeastern flora, New York, 1933, pp. 1269-1270, Sambucus canadensis Online