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Buddleja
Butterfly Bush
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Buddleja davidii (white flowered form)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Scrophulariaceae
Tribe:
Buddlejeae
Genus:
Buddleja
Type species
Buddleja americana
L.
Species

About 100 species, see text.
Synonyms

Adenoplea Radlk.
Adenoplusia Radlk.
Buddleia L., orth. var.
Chilianthus Burch.

Buddleja is a genus in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, although previously it had been placed the Logania family. They are commonly called butterfly bushes. Buddleja davidii is the type species. It is in the order Lamiales (previously Gentianales).

Images for kids

  • Buddleja davidii next to rails at train station Düsseldorf-Zoo

    Budleja davidii self-sown along a railroad right-of-way at Düsseldorf, Germany (2016)

  • Buddavii

    B. davidii - Invasive species, here in an urban area

  • Buddleja asiatica

    Buddleja madagascariensis - flowers and foliage

  • Ibuddleiaigarata

    Unidentified Buddleja species in Igarata, Brazil

  • Monarch Butterfly Flower

    Monarch butterfly feeding on Buddleja davidii in Connecticut

  • Buddleja officinalis with Red Admiral

    Red Admiral butterfly feeding on Buddleja officinalis in January

See also

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