Sambucus racemosa, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 44-45

3. S. racemosa L. , Sp. Pl. 270 (1753).

Shrub up to 4 m. Stems often arching; bark grey; pith reddish-brown. Leaflets 3-7, 4—12(—15) x 1- 5—4(—6) cm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical, acuminate, serrate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent when young. Stipules represented by paired glands 2-3 mm. Inflorescence a dense, ovoid panicle 2-5-6 cm in diameter. Corolla yellowish- to greenish-white. Anthers yellowish-white. Fruit globose, red. 2« = 36. Woods, mainly in the mountains. From Belgium and Lithuania southwards to the Pyrenees and S. Bulgaria', cultivated for ornament in N. & E. Europe and naturalized. Al Au Be Bu Cz Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (*B, C, W) [Br Da Fe No Su].

S. sibirica Nakai , Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 478 (1926), from Siberia and N.E. Asia, and extending westwards to the E.C. part of European Russia, appears to differ only in its roughly hairy rhachis, petiole, petiolules and main veins on lower surface of the leaves; it does not seem to warrant specific rank.