Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House GRIN-Global

Taxon: Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House

Summary

Genus:

Sambucus

Family:

Adoxaceae

Nomen number:

313645

Place of publication:

Woody pl. W. North Carolina 32. 1913

Verified:

12/09/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Sambucus racemosa L. (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. kamtschatica (E. L. Wolf) Hulten (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. arborescens (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. microbotrys (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. pubens (Michx.) Koehne (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. racemosa (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. sibirica (Nakai) H. Hara (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. sieboldiana (Miq.) H. Hara (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. sieboldiana (Miq.) H. Hara f. nakaiana Murata (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. sieboldiana (Miq.) H. Hara f. stenophylla (Nakai) H. Hara (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Sambucus pubens Michx.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Sambucus pubens Michx. f. xanthocarpa (Cockerell) Fernald
Sambucus pubescens Pers.
Sambucus racemosa L. f. xanthocarpa Cockerell

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963
Hara, H. 1983. A revision of Caprifoliaceae of Japan with reference to allied plants in other districts and the Adoxaceae. Ginkgoana 5:279.
Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
Hitchcock, C. L. et al. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. 1955-1969
Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. 1999
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
Scoggan, H. J. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979
Steyermark, J. A. Flora of Missouri. 1977
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961

Common names

English
American red elder –
red-berry elder –
scarlet elder –
stinking elder –
Swedish
amerikansk druvfläder –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	New Brunswick
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Prince Edward Island
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Quebec
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
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	Oregon
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
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	Nevada
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba
4	Naturalized

Native
Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
SUBARCTIC AMERICA: United States [Alaska]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba]

Naturalized ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Human food	fruit	Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
Medicines	folklore	Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Vertebrate poisons	mammals	Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=313645. Accessed 3 August 2025.