Sambucus mexicana

Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea seeds with a mm ruler on the right. 

Sambucus mexicana seeds with a mm ruler on left. 

Sambucus mexicana fruits.

Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea with mature (blue) and immature (green) fruit. 

Sambucus mexicana immature fruits.

Sambucus mexicana shrub growing along a roadside near Leavenworth, Washington. 

Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea seedling with radicle (white; seed root) germinated within a growth chamber set at a 25/15°C (77/59°F) day/night temperature with a 12-hour day photoperiod of cool-white fluorescent light. Seeds were cold-stratified for 4 months at 5°C prior to sowing.  

Sambucus mexicana leaves. 

Sambucus mexicana node. 

Sambucus mexicana bark. 

Sambucus mexicana flowers.