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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 varieties are in cultivation.
Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis is endemic to Gansu, China, and introduced by Farrer in 1914. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The taxonomy of the plant and the other five davidii varieties has been challenged in recent years.
Buddleja (/ ˈ b ʌ d l i ə /; orth. var. Buddleia; also historically given as Buddlea) is a genus comprising over 140 [3] species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Reverend Adam Buddle (1662–1715), an English botanist and rector , at the suggestion ...
Buddleja davidii var. veitchiana was collected in Hubei and introduced to cultivation by E. H. Wilson; it was named for the British nurseryman and horticulturist James Veitch by Rehder. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The taxonomy of the plant and the other five davidii varieties has been challenged in recent years.
Buddleja × weyeriana 'Golden Glow' is the original plant of van de Weyer exhibited in 1920. [1] A specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG national collection held by the Longstock Park Nursery. [7] together with the cultivars 'Sungold', 'Moonlight', and Buddleja × weyeriana 'Variegata'. The authenticity of the other cultivars remains a matter ...
Buddleja davidii var. wilsonii is one of the more readily identifiable varieties by virtue of its lax, somewhat pendulous, delicate panicles, < 60 cm long, of lilac-pink flowers; [4] the flowers have reflexed margins to the lobes of the corollas; the leaves are narrower than the type.
Buddleja davidii var. magnifica is endemic to much of the same area as the type; [where?] it was named by Rehder and E. H. Wilson in 1909. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The taxonomy of the plant and the other five davidii varieties has been challenged in recent years.
Buddleja officinalis is a deciduous early-spring flowering shrub native to west Hubei, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces in China. [1] Discovered in 1875 by Pavel Piasetski, [ 2 ] a surgeon in the Russian army, B. officinalis was named and described by Maximowicz in 1880.