Scrophulariaceae
Rio Grande butterflybush
Buddleja sessiliflora
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Buddleja
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rio Grande butterflybush, Rio Grande butterfly-bush
Synonyms
- Buddleja barbata Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Buddleja melliodora Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Buddleja pringlei A.Gray
- Buddleja pseudoverticillata M.Martens & Galeotti
- Buddleja verticillata Kunth
- Buddleja verticillata Sessé & Moc.
- Buddleja wrightii B.L.Rob.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Tyrrhium, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Zenón Rizo Fernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Enciso Emmanuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Zaragoza Pérez Elian David, 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.