Oleaceae
Weeping forsythia
Forsythia suspensa
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Forsythia
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Common names
By language (17)
- arz
- فورسيثيا تعليق
- Belarusian
- Фарзіцыя паніклая
- Cantonese
- 一串金
- Chinese
- 连翘, 連翹, 连翘根, 连翘茎叶, 黄寿丹, 黄花杆, 毛连翘
- Czech
- Zlatice převislá
- Dutch
- Hangend chinees klokje
- English
- Weeping forsythia, Weeping golden-bell
- Estonian
- Looklev forsüütia
- Finnish
- Riippaonnenpensas
- German
- Hänge-Forsythie
- Japanese
- レンギョウ, 連翹
- lzh
- 連翹
- Polish
- Forsycja zwisła
- Slovak
- Zlatovka previsnutá, Zlatý dážď
- Slovenian
- Previsna forsitija
- Thai
- เหลี่ยงเคี้ยว, เหลียนเชี่ยว
- Vietnamese
- Liên kiều
Synonyms
- Forsythia fortuni Lindl.
- Forsythia giraldiana f. pubescens (Rehder) C.S.Niu
- Forsythia sieboldii (Zabel) Dippel
- Forsythia suspensa f. atrocaulis Rehder
- Forsythia suspensa f. aureovariegata Koehne
- Forsythia suspensa f. decipiens Koehne
- Forsythia suspensa f. pallida Koehne
- Forsythia suspensa f. pubescens Rehder
- Forsythia suspensa f. variegata (Butz) Rehder
- Forsythia suspensa unranked variegata Butz
- Forsythia suspensa var. fortunei (Lindl.) Rehder
- Forsythia suspensa var. latifolia Rehder
- Forsythia suspensa var. pubescens (Rehder) Lingelsh.
- Forsythia suspensa var. sieboldii Zabel
- Forsythia suspensa var. variegata (Butz) Rehder
- Ligustrum suspensum Thunb.
- Lilac perpensa Lam.
- Rangium suspensum (Thunb.) Ohwi
- Syringa suspensa Thunb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AfroBrazilian, 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
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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.