Scrophulariaceae
Lindley's butterflybush
Buddleja lindleyana
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Buddleja
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Common names
By language (5)
- Azerbaijani
- Lindley buddleyası
- Chinese
- 醉魚草, 醉鱼草, 五霸蔷, 楼梅草, 樚木, 毒鱼草, 痒见消, 红鱼皂
- English
- Lindley's butterflybush, Butterfly bush
- French
- Buddleia de Lindley
- lzh
- 醉魚草
Synonyms
- Adenoplea lindleyana (Fortune) Small
- Buddleja insignis hort. ex Dippel
- Buddleja lindleyana var. sinuatodentata Hemsl.
- Buddleja salicifolia Dippel
- Verbena lindleyana (Fortune) Walp.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ptelea, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ptelea, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ptelea, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 乌拉跨氪, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.