Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Buddleja lindleyana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Lindley's Butterflybush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buddleja lindleyana
FAMILY
Buddlejaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-05-001:
Buddleja lindleyana
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Buddleia lindleyana
COMMON NAME:
Lindley's Butterflybush
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John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org bug_1580141
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Flowers purple without an orange center.Leaves dark green, upper side shiny, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Buddleja lindleyana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buddleja lindleyana
FAMILY
Buddlejaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-05-001:
Buddleja lindleyana
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Buddleia lindleyana
2880
Shrub
Perennial
Non-native: China
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare, planted & rarely escaped to disturbed areas
Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Deciduous/Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Deep violet
Bisexual
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 included stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p161
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p080