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
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)
