Red elder
Sambucus racemosa L.
subsp. kamtschatica (E. L. Wolf) Hulten
[Caprifoliaceae]
Ezoniwatoko (エゾニワトコ, 蝦夷接骨木)
Lifeform: deciduous shrub
Distribution: Russian Far East - Korea - Japan (Hokkaido - Honshu)
Habitat: woodlands - forests
Seed dispersal: animal
Synonyms
Sambucus sieboldiana (Miq.) Blume ex Graebn. var. miquelii (Nakai) H.Hara, excl. basionym
Sambucus racemosa L. var. miquelii auct. non Nakai
Sambucus kamtschatica E. L. Wolf
Sambucus L. in Japan (shrubs only)
S. racemosa L. subsp. sieboldiana (Miq.) Hara (ニワトコ) (not distributed in Hokkaido)
- var. major (Nakai) Murata (オオニワトコ)
- f. aurantiaca (Nakai) Hara (ダイダイミノニワトコ)
- f. dissecta Murata (サケバニワトコ)
- f. glaberrima (Nakai) Hara ex Honda (ケナシニワトコ)
- f. macropylla Hara (オオバニワトコ)
- f. nakaiana Murata (キミノニワトコ)
- f. ovatifolia Hara (マルバニワトコ)
- f. stenophylla (Nakai) Hara (ケオオニワトコ)
S. racemosa L. subsp. kamtschatica (E. L. Wolf) Hulten (エゾニワトコ)
- f. aureocarpa (Hara) Hara ex Honda (キミノエゾニワトコ)
- f. hiraii (Miyabe et Tatewaki) Hara ex Honda (ホソバエゾニワトコ)
- f. nakayamai (Yanagita) Hara ex Honda (ビロードエゾニワトコ)
- f. nuda Hara (ケナシエゾニワトコ)
- f. platyphylla (Miyabe et Tatewaki) Hara ex Honda (ヒロハエゾニワトコ)
Sambucus racemosa subsp. sieboldiana in HU campus
[Left] a sapling. [Right] stems, branches and twigs. At the backyard of the university co-op central restaurant on April 29 2008.
[Left] leaves, and flower buds. At the backyard of the university co-op central restaurant on April 29 2008. [Right] Inflorescences in "Genshirin" on May 19 2008.
[Left] fruits in Keiteki-no-mori forest on July 23 2009.