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Pronunciation: sam-BOO-kus mex-i-KAY-na
Common name: Mexican elderberry
Family: Viburnaceae (Viburnum)
Habitat: Common along streambanks and in open places in forest, widespread in California Floristic Province and desert mountains
Blooming period: March to September
Name derivations: 1) Sambucus 2) mexicana
NOTE: Formerly Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea