Common name
English: Peking tree lilac
Mandarin: 暴马丁香 (bao ma ding xiang)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2713)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)
Order: Scrophulariales (81)
Family: Oleaceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Syringa (2)
Epithet: reticulata (2)
Subspecies: pekinensis (Ruprecht) P. S. Green & M. C. Chan
pekinensis => from Beijing
reticulata => meaning networked (veins in the leaf)
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: shrub, tree
Flower colour: beige, white