Skye Flora

Elder


Sambucus nigra

 

Sambucus nigra

Photo © Carl Farmer
14 Jun 2003 Armadale

Frequent in scrub and croft land

A large bush or small tree, height to 10 m.  Inflorescence 10-20 cm across, individual flower c 5 mm across

Skye ID: Leaves with 5-7 leaflets, flowers white in a flat-topped umbel with 5 primary rays giving rise to secondary rays which bear the flowers.

Other features: Berries first green, then red, then black.

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Sambucus nigra

Photo © Carl Farmer
26 Sep 2003 Portree

  Sambucus nigra

Photo © Carl Farmer
4 May 2002 Suardal

 

Sambucus nigra

Photo © Carl Farmer
4 May 2002 Suardal


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