Latin name: Syringa julianae

Common name: Hers Juliana lilac

Abbr: Sju

Taxonomy: Oleaceae/Oleeae/Syringa

References : NCBI:txid150404

Introduction: A deciduous spreading shrub of stiff, bushy habit, about 6 ft high; young shoots slender, very downy, the down persisting for two years. Leaves 1 to 2 in. long, 1⁄2 to 1 in. wide, oval (sometimes inclined to ovate or obovate), tapered at the base, finely pointed, dull dark green, with appressed hairs above; grey and very hairy beneath; stalk 1⁄6 to 1⁄3 in. long, hairy. Panicles 2 to 4 in. long, usually in pairs from the terminal buds of the previous year’s shoots, sometimes from the two or three uppermost pairs, hairy like the shoots. Flowers fragrant, 1⁄4 to 1⁄3 in. long, 1⁄8 to 1⁄6 in. across the lobes. Calyx violet-coloured, glabrous, with short pointed lobes. The hairy flower-stalks (about 1⁄8 in. long) carry one to three blossoms. Corolla deep lilac outside, pale inside the lobes.

Distribution: Native of W. China.

Information sources: Trees and Shrubs Online