''Syringa tomentella''The Plant List http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-356294Fiala, John L. "Lilacs: a gardener's encyclopedia", 2nd ed. copyright Timber Press 2008. rev. and updated by Freek Vrugtman. First ed. published 1988, copyright Timber Press. . pp 112-114 is a species in the genus ''

Syringa ''Syringa'' is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering plant, flowering woody plants in the olive family or Oleaceae called lilacs. These lilacs are native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and wid ...

'', in the family

Oleaceae Oleaceae, also known as the olive family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales, It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct.Peter S. Green. 2004. "Oleaceae". pages 296-30 ...

Description

*Height/spread: Shrub reaching up to 1.5-7m high and wide at maturity. *Stems: Branchlets are densely to sparsely

pubescent The adjective pubescent may describe: * people or animals undergoing puberty * plants that are hairy, covered in trichomes * insects that are covered in setae In biology, setae (singular seta ; from the Latin word for "bristle") are any of a ...

. *Leaves: Petiole measures 0.8-1.5 cm. Pedicel and

rachis In biology, a rachis (from the grc, ῥάχις [], "backbone, spine") is a main axis or "shaft". In zoology and microbiology In vertebrates, ''rachis'' can refer to the series of articulated vertebrae, which encase the spinal cord. In this c ...

are pubescent to villous or glabrescent. Leaf blade is

elliptic In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant. It generalizes a circle, which is the special type of ellipse in ...

lanceolate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...

ovate Ovate may refer to: *Ovate (egg-shaped) leaves, tepals, or other botanical parts *Ovate, a type of prehistoric stone hand axe *Ovates, one of three ranks of membership in the Welsh Gorsedd *Vates In modern English, the nouns vates () and ovat ...

-lanceolate, or rarely ovate to

obovate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...

. Leaf measures approximately 2.5–11 cm in length and 1.5–5 cm in width. The tops of the leaves are

glabrous Glabrousness (from the Latin ''glaber'' meaning "bald", "hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part of ...

or densely pubescent, with the undersides of the leaves being either completely hairy or hairy along the veins only. Leaf base is sub-rounded to cuneate, while the leaf apex is

acuminate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...

to acute. *Flowers:

Panicles A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are o ...

are lateral to terminal, erect, and loose, and measure 10–25 cm x 4–12 cm.

Pedicel Pedicle or pedicel may refer to: Human anatomy *Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures ...

to 1-1.5mm in length. Calyx reaches 2.5-3mm. Corolla measures 1-1.7 cm in length and ranges in colour from white to pink or lilac-red. Tube is slightly funnelform, and measures 0.8-1.4 cm. Lobes are elliptic to ovate and spreading.

Anthers The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filam ...

are yellow and reach to the mouth or the corolla tube or protrude slightly. Flowers from June–July. *Fruit: Capsule is oblong-elliptic and is

lenticellate A lenticel is a porous tissue consisting of cells with large intercellular spaces in the periderm of the secondarily thickened organs and the bark of woody stems and roots of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It functions as a pore, providing a p ...

or smooth, measuring 1.2–2 cm in length. Fruits appear in September.

Habitat

Woodland slopes, valley thickets, and along gullies, 2500-3600m altitude.

Distribution

Native to

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,Plants of the World Online. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611148-1 ccessed 13/02/21/ref> specifically western

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province, south-central China, and

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Cultivation

Introduced into cultivation in 1904. The

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received its first specimen in 1907 from the

Veitch Nursery The Veitch Nurseries were the largest group of family-run plant nurseries in Europe during the 19th century. Started by John Veitch sometime before 1808, the original nursery grew substantially over several decades and was eventually split into t ...

in London.

Etymology

''Tomentella'', meaning 'somewhat hairy', a diminutive from ''tomentum''.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 369, 381 ''Syringa'' is derived from the Greek word ''syrinx'', meaning 'pipe' or 'tube'. Named for the use of its hollow stems to make flutes. In Greek mythology, the nymph Syringa was changed into a reed.

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