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Southern Elder

Sambucus australis

Southern Elder
Photo: Bageense, CC BY 4.0
Family
Viburnaceae (Viburn family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
Climate
subtropical

About

Sambucus australis is a species of tree in the family Viburnaceae. It is native to South America.

Where it grows

Sambucus australis ranges from southeastern and southern Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina.

Other Sambucus plants

Australian Native Elder · American Elder · Blue elderberry · Dwarf Elder · White Elderberry · Chinese Elder · Sambucus lanceolata · Elder · Sauco · Peruvian Elder · Eastern Red Elder · European Red Elder

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sambucus australis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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