NameThatPlant.net: Buddleja lindleyana

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buddleja lindleyana FAMILY Scrophulariaceae Go to FSUS key

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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Buddleja lindleyana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Buddleja lindleyana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-05-001:

Buddleja lindleyana FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Adenoplea lindleyana

COMMON NAME:
Lindley's Butterflybush

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image of Buddleja lindleyana, Lindley's Butterflybush

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 (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buddleja lindleyana FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buddleja lindleyana FAMILY Buddlejaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Buddleja lindleyana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Buddleja lindleyana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-05-001:
Buddleja lindleyana FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Adenoplea lindleyana

2880

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Rarely escaped to disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Rare

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CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

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
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 included stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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