小叶蓝丁香 xiao ye lan ding xiang

Syringa meyeri var. spontanea f. alba (W. Wang, Fuh, & Chao) M. C. Chang; S. microphylla Diels var. alba W. Wang, Fuh, & Chao; S. microphylla f. alba (W. Wang, Fuh, & Chao) Kitagawa.

Leaf blade suborbicular or broadly ovate, 1-2 × 0.8-1.8 cm. Flowers lax. Corolla purplish red, purplish pink, or white; tube 5-8 mm. Fl. May, fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 46*.

* Slopes; ca. 500 m. Liaoning (Jin Xian), also cultivated in Beijing, Shenyang, and other areas.

Plants with purplish red to purplish pink and white flowers have been recognized as f. spontanea and f. alba (W. Wang, Fuh, & Chao) M. C. Chang, respectively.