Scrophulariaceae

Butterfly-bush

Buddleja davidii Franch.

Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja

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Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii) — FlowerPhoto: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (36)

Arabic: بودليا دافيدي
Armenian: Բուդդլեյա Դավիդի
arz: بودليجا دافيدى
Asturian: Budlexa
Azerbaijani: David buddleyası
Catalan: Budleia
Chinese: 大叶醉鱼草, 大葉醉魚草, 兴山醉鱼草, 流苏醉鱼草, 白壶子, 白背叶醉鱼草, 穆坪醉鱼草, 绛花醉鱼草
Croatian: Budleja
Czech: Komule Davidova, Buddleia davidii, Letní šeřík, Motýlí keř
Danish: Sommerfuglebusk, Almindelig Sommerfuglebusk
Dutch: Vlinderstruik, Buddleia davidii, Herfstsering
English: Butterfly-bush, Orange eye butterflybush, Buddleia davidii, Orange eye, Orange-eyed butterfly-bush, Summer lilac
Estonian: Davidi budleia
Finnish: Syyssyrikkä, Syyssyreeni
French: Buddleia de David, Arbre aux papillons, Buddleia, Buddleia davidii, Buddleia du père David, Buddléa
German: Schmetterlingsflieder, Buddleia davidii, Fliederspeer, Gewöhnlicher Sommerflieder, Schmetterlingsbaum, Schmetterlingsstrauch
Hebrew: בודלית דוד
hsb: Mjetelowy bóz
Hungarian: Nyáriorgona, Illatos nyáriorgona
Irish: Tor an fhéileacáin
Italian: Buddleia davidii
Japanese: フサフジウツギ
Korean: 부들레야
Luxembourgish: Päiperlekstrausch
Macedonian: Летен јоргован
Polish: Budleja Dawida, Omżyn
Russian: Буддлея Давида
Serbian: Budleja, Будлеја
Slovak: Budleja Dávidova
Slovenian: Davidova budleja, Metuljnik
Spanish: Buddleia davidii
Swedish: Syrenbuddleja, Fjärilsbuske
Turkish: Kelebek çalısı
Vietnamese: Buddleia davidii
Welsh: Y gynffon las
Western Frisian: Flinterstrûk

Synonyms

Buddleja davidii var. alba Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Buddleja davidii var. glabrescens Gagnep.
Buddleja davidii var. magnifera (E.H.Wilson) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis (Chitt.) Rehder
Buddleja davidii var. superba (de Corte) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Buddleja davidii var. veitchiana (H.J.Veitch) Rehder
Buddleja davidii var. wilsonii (E.H.Wilson) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Buddleja delavayi var. tomentosa H.F.Comber
Buddleja heliophila var. adenophora Hand.-Mazz.
Buddleja shaanxiensis Z.Y.Zhang
Buddleja shimidzuana Nakai
Buddleja striata Zhi Y.Zhang
Buddleja striata Z.Y.Zhang
Buddleja striata var. zhouquensis Z.Y.Zhang
Buddleja variabilis Hemsl.
Buddleja variabilis var. magnifica E.H.Wilson
Buddleja variabilis var. nanhoensis Chitt.
Buddleja variabilis var. prostrata C.K.Schneid.
Buddleja variabilis var. superba H.J.Veitch
Buddleja variabilis var. superba de Corte
Buddleja variabilis var. veitchiana H.J.Veitch
Buddleja variabilis var. veitchiana Veitch
Buddleja variabilis var. wilsonii Bean
Buddleja variabilis var. wilsonii E.H.Wilson
Buddleja veitchiana (H.J.Veitch) Anon.

Flowers

In flower: January, July to October (from 3,766 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dave, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: -- IKAl 15:22, 23 July 2007, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AfroBrazilian : Aleksandrs Balodis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: jeanvanbogaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: DaveSP, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.