Oleaceae
Syrian-privet
Fontanesia phillyreoides
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Fontanesia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- رميميم سوري
- Azerbaijani
- Filireyaşəkilli fontaneziya
- Chinese
- 欧雪柳, 欧女贞雪柳
- English
- Syrian-privet
- Korean
- 향선나무
- Russian
- Фонтанезия филиреевидная
Synonyms
- Fontanesia angustifolia Dippel
- Fontanesia angustifolia Hayne ex Koehne
- Fontanesia philliraeoides var. angustifolia (Dippel) Rehder
- Fontanesia philliraeoides var. longifolia Dippel
- Fontanesia philliraeoides var. mediterranea Lingelsh.
- Fontanesia phillyreoides var. longifolia Dippel
- Fontanesia phillyreoides var. mediterranea Lingelsh.
- Fontanesia phillyreoides var. phillyreoides
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.