Syringa × diversifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Oleaceae |
Genus: | Syringa |
Species: | S. × diversifolia
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Binomial name | |
Syringa × diversifolia Alfred Rehder.
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Syringa × diversifolia, commonly known as the varyleaf lilac, is a hybrid shrub of the genus Syringa. [1]
Syringa × diversifolia is a deciduous shrub that typically grows to a height of 1 to 1.8 m (3 ft 3 in to 5 ft 11 in). Leaves are mid green, and may be entire, or multi-lobed. [2] Panicles are fragrant, and are white to pale pink. It flowers relatively early in comparison to other lilacs, often flowering mid-April at Kew, while most other lilacs flower in May. [3] The plant produces loculicidal capsules. Syringa × diversifolia is fully hardy to temperatures of -15°C. [4]
Syringa × diversifolia is a hybrid which arose at the Arnold Arboretum in 1929. Alfred Rehder, Arnold Arboretum taxonomist, noted that Syringa pinnatifolia seedlings showed that the flowers had been pollinated by a Syringa oblata growing nearby. [5]
The first clone produced, 'William H. Judd', [6] is noteworthy mainly because of its variable foliage, which may produce, entire, pinnatifid or three- to five-lobed leaves. [7] [8]
Syringa × diversifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Oleaceae |
Genus: | Syringa |
Species: | S. × diversifolia
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Binomial name | |
Syringa × diversifolia Alfred Rehder.
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Syringa × diversifolia, commonly known as the varyleaf lilac, is a hybrid shrub of the genus Syringa. [1]
Syringa × diversifolia is a deciduous shrub that typically grows to a height of 1 to 1.8 m (3 ft 3 in to 5 ft 11 in). Leaves are mid green, and may be entire, or multi-lobed. [2] Panicles are fragrant, and are white to pale pink. It flowers relatively early in comparison to other lilacs, often flowering mid-April at Kew, while most other lilacs flower in May. [3] The plant produces loculicidal capsules. Syringa × diversifolia is fully hardy to temperatures of -15°C. [4]
Syringa × diversifolia is a hybrid which arose at the Arnold Arboretum in 1929. Alfred Rehder, Arnold Arboretum taxonomist, noted that Syringa pinnatifolia seedlings showed that the flowers had been pollinated by a Syringa oblata growing nearby. [5]
The first clone produced, 'William H. Judd', [6] is noteworthy mainly because of its variable foliage, which may produce, entire, pinnatifid or three- to five-lobed leaves. [7] [8]