Oleaceae
Hungarian lilac
Syringa josikaea
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Syringa
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- ليلك مجري
- Armenian
- Եղրևանի հունգարական
- arz
- ليلك مجرى
- Belarusian
- Бэз венгерскі
- Chinese
- 匈牙利丁香
- Czech
- Šeřík karpatský
- Danish
- Ungarsk Syren
- English
- Hungarian lilac
- Estonian
- Ungari sirel
- Finnish
- Unkarinsyreeni
- German
- Ungarischer Flieder
- hsb
- Madźarski bozowc
- Hungarian
- Jósika-orgona, Erdélyi orgona, Magyar orgona
- Icelandic
- Gljásýrena
- Japanese
- ハンガリーハシドイ
- Polish
- Lilak Josiki, Bez Josiki, Lilak węgierski
- Russian
- Сирень венгерская
- Swedish
- Ungersk syren
- Ukrainian
- Бузок карпатський
Synonyms
- Syringa henryi var. eximia (Olbrich) Rehder
- Syringa josikaea f. eximia (Olbrich) Schelle
- Syringa josikaea var. eximia Olbrich
- Syringa josikaea var. zabelii Schelle
- Syringa vincetoxifolia Baumg. ex Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- June (from 21 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Sten assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Paradiseless, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ekaterina Rozova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: VladimirZhV, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: zoe levchenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Syringa
- Common lilacSyringa vulgarisOleaceae
- Japanese tree lilacSyringa reticulataOleaceae
- Chinese lilacSyringa × chinensisOleaceae
- Syringa pubescensOleaceae
- Villous lilacSyringa villosaOleaceae
- Syringa emodiOleaceae
- Syringa komarowiiOleaceae
- Syringa oblataOleaceae
- Persian lilacSyringa persicaOleaceae
- Syringa pinnatifoliaOleaceae
- Syringa tomentellaOleaceae
- Syringa pinetorumOleaceae
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.