Other common names:
Lilac Family: Olive Family (Oleaceae) Distinctive features: Shrub Flowers: Spring, Summer; White, Blue/Violet; Showy, range from white to blue to pink to purple. Leaves: Opposite/Whorled, Simple, Entire Habitat: Fields and Open Areas; Open areas. Books: Trees in Canada: 187 Native/Non-native:
Non-native Status:
Common.
Notes:
Although Common Lilac is known primarily as a garden shrub, I have included it on this website because it frequently escapes and grows wild.
Origin and Meaning of Names:
Scientific Name: vulgaris: common (Latin) Photographs:
152 photographs available, of which 10 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
Common Lilac flowers are well known. They are very showy and fragrant.
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website
and is displayed here in accordance with their
Policies)
