Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Orange-eye Butterflybush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Buddleja davidii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buddleja davidii
FAMILY
Buddlejaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-05-002:
Buddleja davidii
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Buddleia davidii
COMMON NAME:
Orange-eye Butterflybush, Summer-lilac
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Gill Newberry gn07_buddleja_inf
July
Flowers more or less secund. Corolla salverform, slender tube slightly bent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm190719_0016
July Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Grows 3-15' tall with arching branches, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
JK Marlow jkm190719_0023
July Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Stems 4-angled, often hairy when young, per New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US.
JK Marlow jkm160818_649
August Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Flowers white to pink to shades of purple, usually purple w orange centers, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
JK Marlow jkm160818_650
August Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Leaves hairless above with dense hairs on underside. Margins finely toothed, per New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US.
Paul Thompson pstbuddleia_davidii
September?
There is a felty pubescence on leaf undersides and on young stems. Clemson Extension
Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org bug_5439902
Month Unknown
Leaves are shed in autumn and replaced by new ones that remain over winter, per New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US.