What is Syringa vulgaris?
{{taxobox |name = Common Lilac |image = Lilac Flower&Leaves, SC, Vic, 13.10.2007.jpg |image_caption = Flowers and leaves of ''Syringa vulgaris'' |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Lamiales]] |familia = [[Oleaceae]] |genus = ''[[Syringa]]'' |species = '''''S. vulgaris''''' |binomial = ''Syringa vulgaris'' |binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] |}} '''Common Lilac''' (''Syringa vulgaris'') is a [[species]] of [[plant]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Oleaceae]]. It is [[wikt:native|native]] to the [[Balkans|Balkan]] [[Peninsula]] in southeastern [[Europe]] where it grows on rocky hills.<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-220013-9}}.</ref><ref name=mc>Med-Checklist: [http://ww2.bgbm.org/mcl/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=15581&PTRefFK=1276 ''Syringa vulgaris'']</ref><ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Syringa&SPECIES_XREF=vulgaris&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Syringa vulgaris'']</ref> It has been [[introduced species|introduced]] to [[North America]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Syringa vulgaris}} {{wikispecies|Syringa vulgaris}} *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch ''Syringa vulgaris'' at USDA PLANTS Database] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Oleaceae]] [[hi:नीलक]]