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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

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

SC Native Plant Society

 

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!



Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

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 (1968) 154-05-001:
 Buddleja lindleyana   FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Buddleia lindleyana

 

COMMON NAME:
 Lindley's Butterflybush

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image of Buddleja lindleyana

John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org    bug_1580141

Month Unknown        

Flowers purple without an orange center.Leaves dark green, upper side shiny, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.