Sambucus microbotrys Rydb.

  • Authority

    New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Caprifoliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sambucus microbotrys Rydb.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A low shrub, 5-20 dm. high, glabrous throughout and with pale green foliage. Leaflets ovate or rarely ovate-lanceolate, acute or short-acuminate, 3-9 cm. long, mostly rounded and oblique at the base, coarsely serrate: cyme thyrsoid-paniculate, small, about as long as broad, about 3 cm. in diameter and of the same height; flowers whitish: fruit bright red, 4-5 mm. in diameter: seeds finely punctate-rugose.

  • Discussion

    This species is nearest related to S.pubens and perhaps all specimens from the southern Rockies referred to that species belong here. The main distinctions from 5. pubens are the total absence of pubescence and the smaller inflorescence. It grows at an altitude of 1500-2700 m.

    Colorado : Bottomless Pit, and below Halfway House, Pike's Peak, 1896, E. A. Bcsscy (type); Gray's Peak, 1895, P. A. Rydberg ; East Indian Creek, 1900, Rydberg & Bessey, 5582; Little Veta Mountain, 5583.

  • Distribution

    Colorado

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