Buddlejaceae
Butterfly-Bush Family
The Buddlejaceae family (Butterfly-Bush Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Gentianales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 3 species. Its members are predominantly shrubs. Familiar examples include White Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Bush and Smoker Bush.
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Opposite leaves, often felted with fine hairs on the underside, on shrubs; small, fragrant, tubular flowers pack densely into cone-shaped or globular clusters that are magnets for butterflies.
The dense, nectar-rich flower clusters are so consistently attractive to butterflies across the genus that the plant's common name, butterfly bush, describes it better than its scientific one.
Which Buddlejaceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Buddlejaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Buddlejaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodNotable members
Families that can look similar
Rubiaceae
Compare against Rubiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare RubiaceaeAsclepiadaceae
Compare against Asclepiadaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare AsclepiadaceaeApocynaceae
Compare against Apocynaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare ApocynaceaeGentianaceae
Compare against Gentianaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare GentianaceaeAll 3 species in BUDDLEJACEAE
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