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Sambucus ebulus (dwarf elderberry; dwarf elder)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Sambucus ebulus, also known as danewort, dane weed, danesblood, dwarf elder or European dwarf elder, walewort, dwarf elderberry, elderwort and blood hilder is a herbaceous species of elder, native to southern and central Europe and southwest Asia. The species is also reportedly naturalized in parts of North America (New York, New Jersey and Québec).
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Infraspecies

Sambucus ebulus africana
Sambucus ebulus ebulus (Dwarf elderberry)
Sambucus ebulus var. deborensis
Sambucus ebulus var. ebulus

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Although no specific mention has been seen for this species, the leaves and stems of some, if not all, members of this genus are poisonous; The fruit of this species has been known to cause stomach upsets to some people. Any toxin the fruit might contain is liable to be of very low toxicity and is destroyed when the fruit is cooked;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Flies, Beetles, Bats
Scent [1]  The whole plant, when bruised, emits a most unpleasant fur-like smell; The bark, in particular, smells like stale perspiration;
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  A blue dye and an ink are obtained from the fruit; The root juice is used to dye hair black; The leaves are said to repel mice and moles; Plants make a dense ground cover when spaced about 1 metre apart each way; They are best used in large areas, roadsides etc; Our experience to date (1995) is that the plants spread vigorously but do not form a dense cover and so do not exclude other plants;
Height [1]  3.936 feet (1.2 m)
Width [1]  39 inches (1 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Rich
Soil Moisture [2]  Moist
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Protected Areas

Predators

Aphis sambuci (Elder Aphid)[4]
Arnoldiola sambuci[4]
Phomopsis ebulina[5]
Psilachnum occultum[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0