Syringa meyeri var. spontanea f. alba (W. Wang, Fuh, & Chao) M. C. Chang; S. microphylla Diels var. alba W. Wang, Fuh, & Chao; S. microphylla f. alba (W. Wang, Fuh, & Chao) Kitagawa.

Leaf blade suborbicular or broadly ovate, 1-2 × 0.8-1.8 cm. Flowers lax. Corolla purplish red, purplish pink, or white; tube 5-8 mm. Fl. May, fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 46*.

Plants with purplish red to purplish pink and white flowers have been recognized as f. spontanea and f. alba (W. Wang, Fuh, & Chao) M. C. Chang, respectively.

* Slopes; ca. 500 m. Liaoning (Jin Xian), also cultivated in Beijing, Shenyang, and other areas.