NameThatPlant.net: Syringa vulgaris

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Syringa vulgaris FAMILY Oleaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Syringa vulgaris FAMILY Oleaceae

COMMON NAME:
Common Lilac, French Lilac

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Syringa vulgaris FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Syringa vulgaris FAMILY Oleaceae

1481

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Commonly planted, persistent and naturalizing around old farms, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: southeast Europe

Waif(s)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Pinkish/Bluish-lavender
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in panicles

FRUIT:
Greenish
Capsule

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