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The dark blue or purple berries are mildly poisonous in their raw state, but are edible after cooking. [26] [28] They can be used to make jam, jelly, [28] chutney, and Pontack sauce. In Scandinavia and Germany, soup made from the elderberry (e.g. the German Fliederbeersuppe) is a traditional meal. [29]
Valley elderberry longhorn beetles in California are very often found around red or blue elderberry bushes. Females lay their eggs on the bark. [11] Strong-scented flowers in wild populations of European elder (S. nigra) attract numerous, minute flower thrips which may contribute to the transfer of pollen between inflorescences. [12]
The caterpillars of the elderberry panax leaf roller (Cryptoptila australana) eat the leaves, currawongs eat the fruit, dispersing the seeds afterwards.The species also regenerates from root suckers after bushfire, and suckering has been recorded at other times.
'Eva' black lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. This cultivar has deeply cut, dark purple foliage; lemon-scented flowers; and dark, blackish-red berries. Zones 4-7
If a cat were to eat or chew a rose's stem, it could cause injuries to the mouth or paws. Floral stems can also get stuck in a cat's throat, causing a gastrointestinal obstruction. Roses are not ...
In summer, it bears large (20–30 cm or 8–12 in diameter) corymbs of white flowers above the foliage, the individual flowers 5–6 millimetres (3 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter, with five petals. The fruit (known as an elderberry) is a dark purple to black berry 3–5 mm diameter, produced in drooping clusters in the fall.
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Sambucus gaudichaudiana, commonly known as white elderberry, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a perennial shrub but with stems that are produced annually with pinnate leaves that have three to eleven leaflets, small white flowers and small but edible fruit.