Scrophulariaceae
Fountain butterflybush
Buddleja alternifolia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Buddleja
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 互叶醉鱼草, 互葉醉魚草, 小叶醉鱼草, 泽当醉鱼草, 白积梢, 白芨, 白芨梢, 醉鱼草
- Czech
- Komule střídavolistá, Buddleia alternifolia
- English
- Fountain butterflybush
- Swedish
- Sommarbuddleja
- Welsh
- Coeden-fêl bob yn eilddail
Synonyms
- Buddleja legendrei L.F.Gagnep.
- Buddleja minima S.Y.Bao
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Zdena Prášková, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Llydia, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lubos Tines, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Blanka Růžičková, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dejdis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: I.Sáček, senior, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ondrejzeman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.