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Sep 21, 2016 1:49 AM CST
Perthshire. SCOTLAND. UK
Garden Photography Region: United Kingdom Plant Identifier
How very interesting. Learn something new ever day. Many thanks for showing me your interesting pics!
I have never seen Sambucus with leaves that are compound and trifoliate....and so variable.
Apparently Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis does this.

Quote link below...."Leaf, opposite, pinnately to bipinnately compound, racchis grooved."
See 2nd link for several pics.

Quote from wiki...."The dark blue/purple berries can be eaten when fully ripe but are mildly poisonous in their unripe state.[12] All green parts of the plant are poisonous, containing cyanogenic glycosides (Vedel & Lange 1960). The berries are edible after cooking and can be used to make jam, jelly, chutney and Pontack sauce."

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