Sambucus ebulus

 Mürver Otu

 Glabrous, foetid perennial herb, 0,5-2 m, with a creeping rhizome. Leaflets 3-6-paired, lanceolate to elliptic, 7-15 x 2-6 cm, serrate. Stipules ovate, 8-30 mm. Inflorescence usually with 3 primary rays, flat-topped, 7-10 cm diam. Flowers white, sometimes tinged with pink, c. 5 mm; anthers purple. Drupe globose, c. 6 mm, black. Fl 7-8. Deciduous forest, roadside banks, etc., 500-2000 m.

Europe, Latakia, Lebanon, N. Iraq, W. Iran, Khorassan. Euro-Sib. element.