Flower; Salitja, Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalunya, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence, side view; Salitja, Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalunya, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Salitja, Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalunya, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer
Branch; Salitja, Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalunya, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Salitja, Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalunya, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1873 Date of entry: 01.03.2012 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Danewort
German: Attich, Zwerg-Holunder
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Dipsacales (35)
Family: Caprifoliaceae (22)(family description)
Genus: Sambucus (5)
Epithet: ebulus L. (1)
ebulus => lat. name by Pliny (23-79 AD) for danewort
Climate: temperate
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white
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