Lilac refers to lilac, which is a deciduous shrub or small tree. Also known as lilac, North China lilac, Baijie, Qingke, Longshaozi. Lilac is native to North China and has been cultivated in China for more than 1,000 years. It is a precious flower in China.
Lilac is a shrub or small tree, up to 5 meters tall; the bark is grayish brown or gray. Branchlets, inflorescence rachis, pedicels, bracts, calyces, both sides of young leaves and petioles are hairless and densely covered with glandular hairs.
The panicle is upright, arising from lateral buds, nearly spherical or oblong, 4-16 (-20) cm long and 3-7 (-10) cm wide; the pedicel is 0.5-3 mm long; The calyx is about 3 mm long, and the calyx teeth are acuminate, sharp or blunt; the corolla is purple, 1.1-2 cm long, and the corolla tube is cylindrical, 0.8-1.7 cm long.
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The distribution is centered on the Qinling Mountains, ranging from Heilongjiang in the north to Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, North Korea, and Yunnan and Yunnan in the south. Available in Tibet. It is widely cultivated in temperate regions of the world.
Produced in Northeast, North China, Northwest (except Xinjiang) and southwest to northwest Sichuan (Songpan, Nanping). It grows in hillside jungles, ravines and streams, valley roadsides and beach watersides, at an altitude of 300-2400 meters. It is commonly cultivated in gardens north of the Yangtze River.
It likes light and is slightly tolerant of shade. It grows weakly in shade or semi-shade and blooms sparsely. It likes warmth and moisture, has certain cold tolerance and strong drought tolerance. The soil requirements are not strict, it tolerates infertility, prefers fertile and well-drained soil, and avoids planting in low-lying areas.