[5] Gravelly mountains, roadsides, stream banks, thickets, valleys, and woods.

[2] China: Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, and northwest Sichuan provinces.

[2] Oblata from the modern Latin oblatus, meaning 'somewhat flattened at the ends, oval, oblate'.

[3][8] Syringa is derived from the Greek word syrinx, meaning 'pipe' or 'tube'.

In Greek mythology, the nymph Syringa was changed into a reed.