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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 (/ 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 ...
Some Buddleja cultivars are either sterile or produce less than 2% viable seed (see "Non-invasive" Buddleja cultivars). [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The state of Oregon , which designates B. davidii as a " noxious weed " and initially prohibited entry, transport, purchase, sale or propagation of all of its varieties, amended its quarantine in ...
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 'Miss Ruby' Buddleja 'Podaras8' = Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven; Buddleja 'Silver Frost' Buddleja 'Winter Sun' Buddleja davidii 'Shapcott Lavender' Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Blue Chip Jr' Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Blue Chip' Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Ice Chip' Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Lilac Chip' Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Pink Micro Chip' Buddleja × ...
Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis is chiefly distinguished by its small size. Rarely growing to a height of > 1.5 m, the shrub has a more compact habit than the type, narrower leaves and shorter panicles. [1]
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.
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