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  Syringa vulgaris L. image
Photographer: Merel R. Black           

Botanical Illustration

Botanical Illustration

Dennis W. Woodland
Family Oleaceae
Syringa vulgaris L.
common lilac
Syringa: from syrigx for "pie" or "tube," referring possibly in reference to tubular corolla or to its use for pipe-stems and whistles
vulgaris: Latin for "common"
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Status: Introduced - persisting and spreading
Plant: perennial shrub shrub
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