Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir & more
How to identify Butterfly Bush
Identify Butterfly Bush by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Long purple flower spikes that attract butterflies.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Buddleja davidii
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Family
- Buddlejaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“The opposite lanceolate leaves are 7–20 cm (3–8 inches) long and 2–7 cm (1–3 inches) broad, grey-green to dark green above, greyish-white tomentose beneath when young and becoming ” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The opposite lanceolate leaves are 7–20 cm (3–8 inches) long and 2–7 cm (1–3 inches) broad, grey-green to dark green above, greyish-white tomentose beneath when young and becoming ” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- TomentoserecordedDensely covered in matted, woolly hairs.“The opposite lanceolate leaves are 7–20 cm (3–8 inches) long and 2–7 cm (1–3 inches) broad, grey-green to dark green above, greyish-white tomentose beneath when young and becoming ” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Butterfly Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Buddlejaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The flowers are honey-scented, lilac to purple or occasionally white, produced in terminal panicles, usually under 20 cm (8 inches) long but can be 30 cm (12 inches) or more long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Butterfly Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Buddlejaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Butterfly Bush
Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and 7 other states.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental.
Buddlejaceae
Butterfly-Bush Family
Butterfly Bush belongs to the Buddlejaceae family.
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