Syringa laciniata
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Syringa laciniata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- S. persica var. á L.
- S. persica var. laciniata (Mill.) West.
Other taxa in genus
- Syringa × chinensis
- Syringa emodi
- Syringa × hyacinthiflora
- Syringa josikaea
- Syringa julianae
- Syringa komarowii
- Syringa meyeri
- Syringa microphylla
- Syringa oblata
- Syringa patula
- Syringa pekinensis
- Syringa × persica
- Syringa pinnatifolia
- Syringa potaninii
- Syringa × prestoniae
- Syringa pubescens
- Syringa reflexa
- Syringa reticulata
- Syringa sweginzowii
- Syringa tomentella
- Syringa villosa
- Syringa vulgaris
- Syringa wolfii
- Syringa yunnanensis
- The Garden Lilacs
A handsome small shrub most easily distinguished by its variable pinnatisect leaves with from three to nine parallel oblong lobes. It produces clusters of violet-purple coloured flowers towards the ends of the branches and is one of the most attractive species. Series Syringa.
A native of Kansu in western China it was presumably taken to Persia as a cultivated plant and from there made its way into western gardens in the 17th century. It is cultivated even today in gardens in Kabul and introductions from there have been incorrectly called S. afghanica, a species so far only known from a few collections in the wild with small entire privet-like leaves.
