Buddleja facts for kids
Quick facts for kids BuddlejaButterfly Bush |
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Buddleja davidii (white flowered form) | |
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Buddlejeae
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Buddleja
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Buddleja americana L.
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About 100 species, see text. |
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Adenoplea Radlk. |
Buddleja is a genus in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, although previously it had been placed the Logania family. They are commonly called butterfly bushes. Buddleja davidii is the type species. It is in the order Lamiales (previously Gentianales).
Images for kids
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Budleja davidii self-sown along a railroad right-of-way at Düsseldorf, Germany (2016)
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Monarch butterfly feeding on Buddleja davidii in Connecticut
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Red Admiral butterfly feeding on Buddleja officinalis in January
See also
In Spanish: Buddleja para niños
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