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Buddleja davidii Franch.

Butterfly bush

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassAsteridaeA large class that encompasses asters
OrderLamialesAromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary
FamilyScrophulariaceaeThe figwort family (named for the resemblence of root nodes of some species to tubercular human lymph nodes, or scrophula)
GenusBuddlejaAfter the Reverend Adam Buddle (1660/1662-1715), an English botanist, this genus was originally in the Logania family, Loganiaceae, but has been placed by Jepson in a family of its own, the Buddlejaceae
SpeciesdavidiiFor Armand David, French missionary and explorer in China who first reported the shrub

About plant names...

Butterfly bush is native to the Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and has become a popular ornamental plant in North America. Butterflies find it irresistable. It has become naturalized in North America.

Plants: This shrub can reach 6-13′ (1.8-4 m) in height, and can reach 15′ (4.6 m) around. It has arching stems.

Leaves: Opposite, lanceolate, gray-green, finely toothed, 2½-8″ (7-20 cm) long. Young leaves have fine hairs beneath.

Flowers: Spectacular roughly conical panicles at branch tips are up to 8-18″ (20-45 cm) in length, with numerous tiny purple tubular flowers with orange centers. (Other color combinations have been cultivated as well, including lilac, dark purple, pinks, yellows, whites, reds, and almost black.) They appear from June to September.

Fruits: Each flower becomes a 2-valued seed capsule con­tain­ing about 50 seeds.

Online References:

The Missouri Botanical Garden

Wikipedia

Floridata.com

Butterflywebsite.com

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

7/23/2017 · Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Penn­syl­vania · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm)

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

7/24/2010 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm)

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

7/2/2010 · Susan and Raimond’s, Phoenix, Mary­land

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

7/23/2017 · Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Penn­syl­vania · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

 

Buddleja davidii description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

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Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

7/24/2010 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

7/23/2017 · Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Penn­syl­vania · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

7/23/2017 · Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Penn­syl­vania · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

7/24/2010 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm)

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

7/24/2010 · Acton Arboretum, Acton, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm)

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

9/27/2013 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, Maine · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)

Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush)

9/27/2013 · Gordon and Kathy’s, Prospect, Maine · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm)

Range: Zones 5-9:

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