Oleaceae
Villous lilac
Syringa villosa
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Syringa
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Common names
By language (8)
- Azerbaijani
- Tüklü yasəmən
- Belarusian
- Бэз касматы
- Chinese
- 紅丁香, 红丁香, 暴马子, 沙树, 香多罗
- English
- Villous lilac
- Estonian
- Karvane sirel
- German
- Zottiger Flieder, Amerikanische Flieder
- Icelandic
- Dúnsýrena
- Russian
- Сирень мохнатая
Synonyms
- Syringa villosa var. rosea Cornu ex Rehder
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wang.QG, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marija Gajić, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Syringa
- Common lilacSyringa vulgarisOleaceae
- Hungarian lilacSyringa josikaeaOleaceae
- Japanese tree lilacSyringa reticulataOleaceae
- Chinese lilacSyringa × chinensisOleaceae
- Syringa pubescensOleaceae
- 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.