Common name
Elderberry Panax
Family
Araliaceae
Grimwade Sheet No.
120
Original identification
Tieghemopanax sambucifolius
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria)
Vic. MID, EHL, GPL, GHL, PROM, SNOW, EG - also NSW.
Common in dry to wet sclerophyll forests and subalpine woodlands, between c.200 and 1500 m altitude, mostly in the east but with westerly outliers at Mt Cole, and between Creswick and Macedon. Often locally abundant in disturbed sites.
Flowering time
Jan. - Feb.