Sambucus cerulea

The white or creamy coloured flowers,[4] occurring May to June, are numerous and form a flat-topped cluster usually about 5–20 cm (2–8 in) wide.Both the current United States Department of Agriculture database and The Jepson Manual of California flora (2013) classify it as S. nigra subsp.[5][6] The botanist Victor King Chesnut (1867–1938) had classified it as S. glauca in 1902, when studying the plants used by the Indigenous peoples of California in Mendocino County.[1][2] This species grows at elevations below 3,000 m (9,800 ft), in diverse habitats of mountains and hills, valleys, riparian zones, open places in woodlands and forests, and exposed slopes where moisture is reachable.[9] The indigenous peoples of North America with the plant in their homelands use the leaves, blossoms, bark, roots, and wood for preparing traditional medicinal remedies, taken internally or applied externally.[5] The plant is beneficial in wildlife gardens, its flowers attract pollinators, butterflies and hummingbirds, and its berries feed other bird species and chipmunks.
In southern California's Antelope Valley
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