CAPRIFOLIACEAE Honeysuckle
Family
1.
Leaves simple
Symphoricarpos
1 Leaves compound
Sambucus
SAMBUCUS Elderberry
1
Inflorescence a flat-topped cluster of flowers; berry
blue
S. nigra
1 Inflorescence a dome-shaped cluster of flowers; berry
red
S. racemosa
Sambucus
nigra L.
var.
caerulea (Raf.) G.
Clifton comb. nov.
BLUE
ELDERBERRY. Widely scattered, below 9000 ft.; dry canyons
and slopes, meadow margins. June-Aug.. †Baker Creek 738 951
43 18 344. [S.
caerulea Raf.].
Sambucus
racemosa L.
var.
microbotrys (Rydb.) Kearney
& Peebles
MOUNTAIN RED
ELDERBERRY. Limited, 9000-10500 ft.; mesic open or wooded
mountain slopes, streambanks. May-July. *Baker Creek 734
228E 43 15 500N.
SYMPHORICARPOS Snowberry
1
Corolla tube narrow, ± tubular, pinkish, lobes
spreading
S. longiflorus
1 Corolla tube bell-shaped, whitish, lobes ± erect
S. oreophilus
Symphoricarpos
longiflorus A. Gray
DESERT
SNOWBERRY.
Symphoricarpos
oreophilus A. Gray
MOUNTAIN
SNOWBERRY. Frequent, below 9,000 ft.; open slopes or in
woods There seems to be a matter opinion as to
whether S.
oreophilus is different
from S.
rotundifolius or not.
June-early July: *Gray Cliff T13N R69E SW22.
[S.
oreophilus A. Gray and
var. utahensis
(Rydb.) A.
Nels.]
