Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Co. Waterford |
Dwarf Elder Sambucus ebulus Tromán Family: Caprifoliaceae Flowering July - August. Perennial. Introduced. Clusters of small white flowers, the petals often pink-tipped. Can be confused with Elder, Sambucus nigra but the leaves have numerous narrower leaflets and leafy stipules at bases. A hairless, unbranched shrub, spreading by creeping rhizomes. Height to 180cm. Originally introduced as a medicinal plant, now found as an escape or discard on roadsides, hedgerows and waste ground, often near habitation. Widespread but local, most frequent in central Ireland. |
Dwarf Elder, Sambucus ebulus, Tromán
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