Scrophulariaceae

Woolly butterflybush

Buddleja marrubiifolia Benth.

Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja

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Woolly butterflybush (Buddleja marrubiifolia) — FlowerPhoto: Rodolfo Maximiliano Gutiérrez-Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Woolly butterflybush

Synonyms

Buddleja marrubiifolia subsp. marrubiifolia

Flowers

In flower: March to May, July to October (from 138 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Rodolfo Maximiliano Gutiérrez-Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Arturo Castro Castro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Mauricio Calderón Cadena, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, 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.