Taxon:
Sambucus nigra L. subsp. cerulea (Raf.) Bolli
Summary
Place of publication:
Diss. Bot. 223:174. 1994
Verified:
03/04/2013
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bolli, R. 1994. Revision of the genus Sambucus. Diss. Bot. 233:1-227.
Common names
English
blue elder – blue elderberry – blueberry elder – Mexican elder – Swedish
blåfläder –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California (Norte) | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | s. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Alberta (s.), British Columbia (s.)]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana (w.), Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Utah]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | as S. caerulea | Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) |
Environmental | revegetator | for land reclamation fide L. Gilbert, pers. comm. 1998 | Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names |
Human food | beverage base | as S. caerulea | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Human food | fruit | as S. caerulea | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | as Sambucus caerulea | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | as Sambucus caerulea | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants |