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Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja (B. americana) to England from the Caribbean about 15 years after Buddle's death. Buddleja species, especially Buddleja davidii and interspecific hybrids, are commonly known as butterfly bushes and are frequently cultivated as garden shrubs. [5]
Rotheca myricoides or Butterfly Clerodendrum, Butterfly Bush, and (butterfly bush – also a name for Buddleja species) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. [3] [4] It is native to tropical eastern Africa and widely cultivated elsewhere. [3] In cultivation, it is frequently known by one of its synonyms, such as Clerodendrum ...
Buddleja davidii (spelling variant Buddleia davidii), also called summer lilac, butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and also Japan. [1] It is widely used as an ornamental plant, and many named
Butterfly weed Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
Buddleja davidii, which is often called "butterfly-bush", attracts many butterflies. [29] As it originated in China, it is presently planted in many parts of the world in which it is non-native. [29] In such settings, the plant feeds many native butterflies and other adult pollinators, but not many of their larvae. [30]
Butterfly larvae, or caterpillars, consume plant leaves and spend practically all of their time searching for and eating food. Although most caterpillars are herbivorous, a few species are predators : Spalgis epius eats scale insects , [ 48 ] while lycaenids such as Liphyra brassolis are myrmecophilous , eating ant larvae.
Asclepias tuberosa, commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. [2] It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar .
Buddleja utahensis is a species of Buddleja endemic to the southwestern United States (northwest Arizona, eastern California, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah), [1] where it is known by the common names Utah butterfly bush [1] and Panamint butterfly bush. [1]