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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 ...
B. agathosma leaves. Buddleja agathosma is a deciduous shrub of sparse habit which, left unpruned, grows to a large size. The deeply toothed leaves are initially white, owing to a dense coating of hairs, but ultimately appear greyish; the underside remains white and tomentose The heavily scented perfect flowers appear on the old wood before the leaves at the nodes of the previous year's growth ...
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 fallowiana var. alba Sabourin is a white-flowered variety of B. fallowiana endemic to Yunnan in western China, where it grows in open woodland, along forest edges and watercourses. The shrub was considered superior to the lavender-blue flowered B. fallowiana by Bean , who thought it one of the most attractive of all buddlejas.
Buddleja diffusa is a dioecious, scrambling, vine-like shrub 1–3.5 m high, with yellowish bark. The young branches are quadrangular, the younger growth covered with a white to buff tomentum. The sessile, membranaceous ovate or elliptic leaves 3–14 cm long by 2–8 cm wide, glabrescent above, tomentose below.
Buddleja fallowiana is a deciduous shrub typically growing to a height of 4 m (13 ft). Of loose habit, the plant has young shoots clothed with a dense white felt. The ovate to narrowly elliptic leaves are 4–13 cm (1.6–5.1 in) long by 1 cm (0.39 in) wide, acuminate or acute at the apex; the upper and lower surfaces densely tomentose, bestowing a silvery grey sheen.
White is the color commonly associated with purity and innocence. So, when you see a white butterfly, you may associate it with a pure or innocent transformation or journey.
Buddleja americana var. rothschulii Loes. Buddleja americana is the most widespread of all the Buddleja species native to the Americas, its range extending south from Tamaulipas , Mexico , through Central America and much of the West Indies into South America , reaching eastward to Venezuela , westward as far as the Galapagos , and south to ...