Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sambucus racemosa L. var. racemosa

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Sambucus callicarpa Greene, Sambucus microbotrys Rydb., Sambucus pubens leucocarpa, Sambucus pubens Michx., Sambucus pubens Michx. var. arborescens Torr. & Gray, Sambucus racemosa L. ssp. pubens (Michx.) House, Sambucus racemosa L. var. arborescens (Torr. & Gray) Gray, Sambucus racemosa L. var. leucocarpa (Torr. & Gray) Cronq., Sambucus racemosa L. var. microbotrys (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles, Sambucus racemosa L. var. pubens (Michx.) Koehne

Common names:

Albino elder (1923) (138)

American red elder (1949) (109)

Bunchberry elder (1942) (155)

Elder (1937, Neb) (112)

Mountain elder (1900) (158)

Pacific red elder (1942) (155)

Poison elder (1896, Oxford Co. ME) (76, 158)

Red elder (1900) (158)

Red elderberry (Present) (50)

Red-berry elder [Red berried elder, Red-berried elder] (1878-1986) (4, 72, 85, 86, 130, 158)

Scarlet elder (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Stinking elderberry (1977) (3)

Tree elder (1923) (138)

Tree scarlet elder (1942) (155)

Yellow-berry elder [Yellow-berried elder] (1932, SD) (85)