'Black Lace' Elderberry

Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace'

Rose Family (Rosaceae)

▲▼  mature, flowering plants

▲ foliage and flower buds

▲ flowers

Location near campus: on west side of Xeriscape Garden; the Xeriscape Garden is located at the northwest corner of National Avenue and Linwood, about 3/4 mile south of campus.

Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’:  ‘Black Lace’ European Elderberry

• * leaves opposite, pinnately compound, with deeply divided, dark-purple * leaflets 2-4 inches long and ½ as wide
• * stems gray, often bending over at maturity; grows 3-8 feet tall
• * flowers a cyme of pinkish purple flowers in early summer, followed by * * blackish-red fruit (elderberries)
• * fruit is edible for wildlife and can be made into juice, jelly and wine