Sambucus cerulea
| Sambucus cerulea Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea | |
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| Near Soda Mountain, southern Oregon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Adoxaceae |
| Genus: | Sambucus |
| Species: | S. cerulea |
| Binomial name | |
| Sambucus cerulea Raf. | |
| Natural range of Sambucus cerulea (including S. velutina in lighter blue) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea | |
Sambucus cerulea or Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea, with the common names blue elderberry and blue elder, is a coarse textured shrub species of elder in the family Adoxaceae.