Syringa villosa

{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae}}

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| image = Syringa bretschneideri 136-8292.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Syringa

| species = villosa

| authority = Vahl

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Syringa villosa, the villous lilac or late lilac{{PLANTS|id=SYVI3|taxon=Syringa villosa|accessdate=7 December 2015}}{{Cite web |title=Syringa villosa (Late Lilac) {{!}} North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox |url=https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/syringa-villosa/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=plants.ces.ncsu.edu}} is a shrub native to Korea, the southern part of the Russian Far East (Primorye) and northern China. There are two subspecies currently recognized (April 2014);[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=374239 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Syringa villosa subsp. wolfii ] these are regarded as separate species in Flora of China.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210002190 Flora of China v 15 p 282, 辽东丁香 liao dong ding xiang, Syringa wolfii][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210002188 Flora of China v 15 p 282, 红丁香 hong ding xiang, Syringa villosa ] Combining the ranges for the two taxa yields a range within China of Hebei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning.

Syringa villosa is a shrub that grows up to 4 meter tall, with red, white, pink or purple flowers.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/546010#page/97/mode/1up Vahl, Martin. 1804. Enumeratio Plantarum vel ab aliis, vel ab ipso observatarum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis / Martini Vahlii. Hauniæ Syringa villosa ] The flowers are long and highly fragrant, and flower in early summer.{{Cite web |title=Syringa villosa {{!}} late lilac Shrubs/RHS Gardening |url=http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/17930/syringa-villosa/details |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=www.rhs.org.uk |language=en-gb}}