Sambucus mexicana - Mexican elder

Mexican elder (Sambucus mexicana) is a deciduous shrub native to the southwestern United States and Mexico, closely related to blue elderberry, its flowers and fruit edible once dried or cooked.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Sambucus spp. - Elderberry
• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Sambucus mexicana | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩