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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Syringa vulgaris   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Syringa vulgaris

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Lilac, French Lilac


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image of Syringa vulgaris, Common Lilac, French Lilac

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_syvu_001_lvd

        

image of Syringa vulgaris, Common Lilac, French Lilac

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140414_093030

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves ovate or broad-ovate, entire, dark almost bluish-green, glabrous, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Syringa vulgaris, Common Lilac, French Lilac

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140414_093222

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Flowers extremely fragrant, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Syringa vulgaris   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Syringa vulgaris

 

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1481

Shrub
Perennial

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

Non-native: southeast Europe

Waif(s)

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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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