2011-04-28 0268 Syringa vulgaris or better known as the Lilac or Common Lilac. Holcomb Gardens, Indianapolis Indiana
Syringa vulgaris or better known as the Lilac or Common Lilac. Part of the olive family of plants and native to the Balkans, the lilac is a very popular flowering shrub world wide. A deciduous bush, it can grow to 22ft (7m). Most varieties are hybrids cultivated in France a century ago. Sweet smelling and colorful, the bush only flowers for a short time (as little as a couple weeks) in April and June in North America.
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Asterids
Order:Lamiales
Family:Oleaceae
Genus:Syringa
Species:S. vulgaris
Binomial name
Syringa vulgaris L.
Lilac Šeřík Syren-slægten Flieder Syringa Syringavulgaris 수수꽃다리속 იასამანი Alyva Sering Syriner Lilak Сирень Syreenit Syrensläktet Бузок 丁香屬 люляк
2011-04-28 0268 Syringa vulgaris or better known as the Lilac or Common Lilac. Holcomb Gardens, Indianapolis Indiana
Syringa vulgaris or better known as the Lilac or Common Lilac. Part of the olive family of plants and native to the Balkans, the lilac is a very popular flowering shrub world wide. A deciduous bush, it can grow to 22ft (7m). Most varieties are hybrids cultivated in France a century ago. Sweet smelling and colorful, the bush only flowers for a short time (as little as a couple weeks) in April and June in North America.
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Asterids
Order:Lamiales
Family:Oleaceae
Genus:Syringa
Species:S. vulgaris
Binomial name
Syringa vulgaris L.
Lilac Šeřík Syren-slægten Flieder Syringa Syringavulgaris 수수꽃다리속 იასამანი Alyva Sering Syriner Lilak Сирень Syreenit Syrensläktet Бузок 丁香屬 люляк