"Buddleja utahensis Buddleja utahensis is a species of ""Buddleja"" endemic to the southwestern United States (northwest Arizona, eastern California, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah), where it is known by the common names Utah butterfly bush and Panamint butterfly bush. Named and described by Coville in 1892, the shrub favours limestone outcrops at elevations of 700–2000 m, where it is often found in association with Joshua trees. ""Buddleja utahensis"" is a compact, dwarf dioecious shrub reaching 0.3–1.0 m in height. The bark is rimose and greyish, while the plant structure is characterized by persistent naked twigs. The younger branches are terete,"
"Buddleja Buddleja, or Buddleia (; also historically given as ""Buddlea""), commonly known as the butterfly bush, is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Reverend Adam Buddle (1662–1715), an English botanist and rector, at the suggestion of Dr. William Houstoun. Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja (""B. americana"") to England from the Caribbean about 15 years after Buddle's death. The botanic name has been the source of some confusion. By modern practice of botanical Latin, the"
"in nurseries on both sides of the Atlantic: The following Buddleja species and cultivars are (2017) holders of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: Buddleja Buddleja, or Buddleia (; also historically given as ""Buddlea""), commonly known as the butterfly bush, is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Reverend Adam Buddle (1662–1715), an English botanist and rector, at the suggestion of Dr. William Houstoun. Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja (""B. americana"") to England"
"Buddleja marrubiifolia Buddleja marrubiifolia, commonly known as the woolly butterflybush, is a perennial shrub which is endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert from southern Texas to San Luis Potosí in Mexico, where it grows on limestone and gypsum soils in canyons and arroyos at elevations of elevation. The species was first named and described by George Bentham in 1846. ""Buddleja marrubiifolia"" is a dioecious multi-branched shrub that is high with greyish to blackish rimose bark. The young branches are terete and tomentose, bearing ovate to rhomboid leaves that are long by wide, membranaceous to subcoriaceous, and densely tomentose on both surfaces."
"Buddleja racemosa Buddleja racemosa, commonly known as the Wand (or Texas) Butterfly Bush, is endemic to the southern edge of the limestone Edwards Plateau in Texas, United States, from Austin to Rocksprings, growing around streams, creeks and springs at elevations of 250 – 750 m. The plant was first named and described by John Torrey in 1859. ""Buddleja racemosa"" is a small, lax, dioecious shrub 0.3 – 1.5 m tall, with greyish-brown rimose bark and persistent old branches. The young branches are terete, tomentose and glandular, bearing small subcoriaceous ovate-oblong to lanceolate leaves 3 – 10 cm long by 1.5"
"Buddleja alternifolia Buddleja alternifolia, known as alternate-leaved butterfly-bush, is a species of flowering plant endemic to Kansu, China, where it grows along river banks in thickets at elevations of 1,500 – 4,000 m. A substantial deciduous shrub growing to tall and wide, it bears grey-green leaves and graceful pendent racemes of scented lilac flowers in summer. First described and named by Carl Maximowicz in 1880, the plant was not introduced to cultivation until 1915, by Purdom and Farrer. In his 1979 revision of the taxonomy of the African and Asiatic species of Buddleja, the Dutch botanist Anthonius Leeuwenberg sank two"
"Aesculus parviflora Aesculus parviflora, the bottlebrush buckeye, is a species of suckering deciduous shrub in the Sapindaceae family. It is also called dwarf horse chestnut in recognition of its resemblance to its more famous relative ""A. hippocastanum"". The species is native to open woodlands of the southeastern United States (primarily Alabama with additional populations in Georgia). It is apparently naturalized in scattered locations in North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. ""Aesculus parviflora"" grows to 3–5 m tall. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, palmately compound with 5-7 leaflets, each leaflet short-stalked, 12–22 cm long and 5–10 cm"
"Buddleja davidii Buddleja davidii (spelling variant ""Buddleia davidii""), also called summer lilac, butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and also Japan. It is widely used as an ornamental plant, and many named varieties are in cultivation. ""B. davidii"" is named after the French missionary and explorer in China, Father Armand David, who was the first European to report the shrub. It was found near Ichang by Dr Augustine Henry about 1887 and sent to St Petersburg. Another botanist-missionary in China, Jean-André Soulié, sent"
"Banksia sessilis Banksia sessilis, commonly known as parrot bush, is a species of shrub or tree in the plant genus ""Banksia"" in the family Proteaceae. It had been known as Dryandra sessilis until 2007, when the genus ""Dryandra"" was sunk into ""Banksia"". The Noongar peoples know the plant as Budjan or Butyak. Widespread throughout southwest Western Australia, it is found on sandy soils over laterite or limestone, often as an understorey plant in open forest, woodland or shrubland. Encountered as a shrub or small tree up to in height, it has prickly dark green leaves and dome-shaped cream-yellow flowerheads. Flowering"
"Buddleja crispa Buddleja crispa, sometimes called the Himalayan butterfly bush, is native to Afghanistan, Bhutan, North India, Nepal, Pakistan and China (Gansu, Sichuan, Xizang), where it grows on dry river beds, slopes with boulders, exposed cliffs, and in thickets, at elevations of 1400–4300 m. Named by Bentham in 1835, ""B. crispa"" was introduced to cultivation in 1850, and came to be considered one of the more attractive species within the genus; it ranked 8th out of 57 species and cultivars in a public poll organized by the Center for Applied Nursery Research (CANR) at the University of Georgia, USA. ."
"has never become common in Eastern American gardens. ""Aesculus parviflora"" was introduced to British horticulture through the activities of John Fraser, who made his first botanizing trip through the American South in 1785. Fraser's finds were distributed among English nurserymen like Lee and Kennedy or Loddiges or to private patrons, and the shrub was ""to be met with in most of our nurseries"" by 1820. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Aesculus parviflora Aesculus parviflora, the bottlebrush buckeye, is a species of suckering deciduous shrub in the Sapindaceae family. It is also called dwarf"
"Ochna serrulata Ochna serrulata (commonly known as the small-leaved plane, carnival ochna, bird's eye bush, Mickey mouse plant or Mickey Mouse bush due to the plant's bright-red sepals, which resemble the face of Mickey Mouse) is an ornamental garden plant of the Ochnaceae family which is indigenous to South Africa. It is planted in southern African gardens and is an invasive species in Australia and New Zealand. ""Ochna serrulata"" was first described by the German naturalist Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, and given its current binomial name by Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin ""serrula"" ""little"
"Diervilla lonicera Diervilla lonicera, commonly referred to as northern bush honeysuckle, low bush honeysuckle, dwarf bush honeysuckle, or yellow-flowered upright honeysuckle, is a native deciduous shrub found in the northeastern United States and Canada. Its specific epithet, ""lonicera"" (the Latin term for ‘honeysuckle’) refers to its similarity in appearance to the true honeysuckles, genus ""Lonicera"". Northern bush honeysuckle is a deciduous shrub, reaching a maximum height between 0.6 and 1.2 metres. This particular species is known for the following characteristics: branches lying close to the ground, fibrous roots, pale yellow flowers, and dry, woody fruit. Northern bush honeysuckle's simple leaves"
"Buddleja sessiliflora Buddleja sessiliflora, commonly known as Rio Grande butterfly-bush or tepozán, native to southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States as well as much of central and northern Mexico excluding the Chihuahua Desert and Baja California Sur. The shrub grows in thorn savannah, forests, riparian zones, along roadsides and in disturbed areas from sea level to 2,800 m. The species was first named and described by Kunth in 1818. ""Buddleja sessiliflora"" is a trioecious shrub or small tree 1.5 – 5 m tall, the trunk reaching < 7 cm diameter, bark is"
"buddlejas, the species is easily propagated from cuttings. Hardiness: RHS H5, USDA zones 7 – 9. ""B. alternifolia"" was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (record 674) in 1993. Buddleja alternifolia Buddleja alternifolia, known as alternate-leaved butterfly-bush, is a species of flowering plant endemic to Kansu, China, where it grows along river banks in thickets at elevations of 1,500 – 4,000 m. A substantial deciduous shrub growing to tall and wide, it bears grey-green leaves and graceful pendent racemes of scented lilac flowers in summer. First described and named by Carl Maximowicz in 1880, the plant was"
"Linnaea amabilis Linnaea amabilis, also known under the synonym Kolkwitzia amabilis and the English name beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is called ""wei shi"" (蝟实). The plant is an arching, spreading shrub, with light brown flaky bark and graceful arching branches, which can grow higher than eight feet tall. It is usually as wide as it is tall. The plant blooms in late spring. Its light pink flowers, dark pink in the bud, are about one-inch"
"a variety of butterflies wherever it is grown. Jatropha podagrica Jatropha podagrica is a species of plants known by several English common names, including Buddha belly plant, bottleplant shrub, gout plant, purging-nut, Guatemalan rhubarb, and goutystalk nettlespurge. It is native to the tropical Americas but it is propagated as an ornamental plant in many parts of the world. The stem is swollen into vasculum at the base and filled with thin sap. The plant bears bright red coral-like flowers throughout the year. All parts, especially the seeds, of the plant contain the toxic curcin, making it poisonous. ""Jatropha podagrica"" is"
"in the Old World are exclusively hermaphrodite with perfect flowers. As garden shrubs buddlejas are essentially 20th-century plants, with the exception of ""B. globosa"" which was introduced to Britain from southern Chile in 1774 and disseminated from the nursery of Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith. Several species are popular garden plants, the species are commonly known as 'butterfly bushes' owing to their attractiveness to butterflies, and have become staples of the modern butterfly garden; they are also attractive to bees and moths. The most popular cultivated species is ""Buddleja davidii"" from central China, named for the French Basque missionary and naturalist"
"of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria"". It was subsequently reclassified as ""Calythrix achaeta"" by Bentham then ""Calythrix cuspidata"" by Druce and finally as ""Calytrix achaeta"" by George Bentham in 1867 in ""Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae."" as part of the work ""Flora Australiensis"". Calytrix achaeta Calytrix achaeta, commonly known as the white-flowered turkey bush, kerosene wood or fringe-myrtle, is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub or small tree typically grows to a height of . It blooms between January and August producing white flowers forming seeds after the plant"
"Purshia tridentata Purshia tridentata, with the common name bitterbrush, is a shrub in the genus ""Purshia"" of the family Rosaceae. It is native to mountainous areas of western North America. Common names include antelope bitterbrush, antelope bush, buckbrush, quinine brush, and less commonly deerbrush, blackbrush, and greasewood. Some of these names are shared with other species. The plant is found from southeastern British Columbia in the north, east to Montana and Wyoming, south to New Mexico, and west in California. It grows on arid mountainsides and slopes. In California it occurs between above sea level, including in the Peninsular Ranges,"
"Trichodesma zeylanicum Trichodesma zeylanicum, commonly known as camel bush or cattle bush, is a herb or shrub native to Australia. It grows as an erect herb or shrub up to two metres high, with a well-developed taproot. Flowers are blue, or rarely white. This species was first published as ""Borago zeylanica"" by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768. In 1810, Robert Brown transferred it into ""Trichodesma"", but this was retained only until 1882, when Ferdinand von Mueller transferred it into ""Pollichia"". In 1891, Otto Kuntze transferred it into ""Boraginella"", and in 1898 William Philip Hiern transferred it into ""Borraginoides"". Despite these"
"Brown hairstreak The brown hairstreak (""Thecla betulae"") is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The range includes most of the Palaearctic. A little butterfly that is found along hedges, scrub, and wood edges but is often overlooked since it spends much of its time high in the tree canopy. Like the purple emperor this butterfly uses 'master trees', usually European ash (""Fraxinus excelsior""). Males and unmated females congregate at the tops of isolated trees. Once mated the female descends to lower levels to begin laying her eggs. Males rarely descend and both feed mainly on honeydew. Both sexes are dark"
"or pink. Ambrosia salsola Ambrosia salsola, commonly called cheesebush, winged ragweed, burrobush, white burrobrush, and desert pearl, is a foul-smelling, scraggly perennial shrub in the (sunflower family) common in deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. This species easily hybridizes with the white bur-sage (""Ambrosia dumosa""). It is common on sandy desert flats, desert dry washes, and is weedy in disturbed sites in creosote bush scrub, shadscale scrub, Joshua tree woodland, and Pinyon juniper woodland, ranging from Inyo County, California, to northwestern Mexico. It grows in sandy and gravelly soil, and sometimes on lava formations at elevations of"
"Papilio troilus Papilio troilus, the spicebush swallowtail or green-clouded butterfly, is a common black swallowtail butterfly found in North America. It has two subspecies, ""Papilio troilus troilus"" and ""Papilio troilus ilioneus"", the latter found mainly in the Florida peninsula. The spicebush swallowtail derives its name from its most common host plant, the spicebush, members of the genus ""Lindera"". The family to which spicebush swallowtails belong, Papilionidae, or swallowtails, include the largest butterflies in the world. The swallowtails are unique in that even while feeding, they continue to flutter their wings. Unlike other swallowtail butterflies, spicebushes fly low to the ground"
"Pupation takes place in leaf litter on the ground in late June or early July and are attractive to ants who will bury them in shallow cells. Brown hairstreak The brown hairstreak (""Thecla betulae"") is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The range includes most of the Palaearctic. A little butterfly that is found along hedges, scrub, and wood edges but is often overlooked since it spends much of its time high in the tree canopy. Like the purple emperor this butterfly uses 'master trees', usually European ash (""Fraxinus excelsior""). Males and unmated females congregate at the tops of isolated"
"Eucryphia glutinosa Eucryphia glutinosa (nirrhe or brush bush) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cunoniaceae, native to moist woodland habitats in Chile. It is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, growing to tall by wide, with glossy dark green leaves turning red in autumn. Single (or occasionally double) four-petalled, fragrant white flowers with prominent stamens appear in late summer. The Latin specific epithet ""glutinosa"" means “sticky, glutinous”. The hardiest of its genus, it is a popular subject for cultivation in parks and gardens, valued for its foliage and late flowering. It requires moist, acidic soil with"
"Calytrix achaeta Calytrix achaeta, commonly known as the white-flowered turkey bush, kerosene wood or fringe-myrtle, is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub or small tree typically grows to a height of . It blooms between January and August producing white flowers forming seeds after the plant is about 10 years of age. It has a lifespan of 11 to 20 years and forms a lignotuber from which it is able to resprout from following a fire. Often found on flats or hills in the Kimberley region of Western Australia"
"mixed with sawdust and perfumed talc to make a mix called ""kobuac"". Bamboo sticks are rolled in this compound and dried to produce the finished incense, or joss, sticks. Nothaphoebe umbelliflora Nothaphoebe umbelliflora is an evergreen tropical tree in the Lauraceae family. Its common name in English is the bong tree. It is also called the yang bong tree (Thai), or gemor. The bong tree was described and named by Carl Ludwig von Blume in 1851. Blume spent much of his professional life studying the flora of the Dutch East Indies. The Latin binomial was created from Greek ""nothos"", meaning"
"Brachyglottis greyi Brachyglottis greyi, also called Senecio greyi, with the common name daisy bush is a member of the large Asteraceae family and belongs to the genus ""Brachyglottis"" or the genus ""Senecio"" depending on which authority is being followed, an endemic native of New Zealand and lately getting positive attention from gardeners. Often seen in gardens and suitable for warm and maritime districts and tolerant of hot sun, poor soils, wind and coastal exposure, New Zealand native broadleaf evergreen shrub ""Brachyglottis greyi"" can be found sprawled in the hot sun, poor soils and coastal breezes; maturing into mounds to tall"
"Encelia farinosa Encelia farinosa (commonly known as brittlebush or brittlebrush), is a common desert shrub of northern Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Hidalgo) and the southwestern United States (California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada). The common name ""brittlebush"" comes from the brittleness of its stems. Other names include ""hierba del vaso"" (Spanish) and ""cotx"" (Seri). Another Spanish name for it is ""incienso"" because the dried sap was burned by early Spanish missions in the New World as incense. ""E. farinosa"" can be found in a variety of habitats from dry, gravelly slopes to open, sandy washes up"
"roots shaded from the sun. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit Eucryphia glutinosa Eucryphia glutinosa (nirrhe or brush bush) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cunoniaceae, native to moist woodland habitats in Chile. It is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, growing to tall by wide, with glossy dark green leaves turning red in autumn. Single (or occasionally double) four-petalled, fragrant white flowers with prominent stamens appear in late summer. The Latin specific epithet ""glutinosa"" means “sticky, glutinous”. The hardiest of its genus, it is a popular subject for cultivation in"
"mouth of the Orongorongo River. Native & Current: Brachyglottis greyi Brachyglottis greyi, also called Senecio greyi, with the common name daisy bush is a member of the large Asteraceae family and belongs to the genus ""Brachyglottis"" or the genus ""Senecio"" depending on which authority is being followed, an endemic native of New Zealand and lately getting positive attention from gardeners. Often seen in gardens and suitable for warm and maritime districts and tolerant of hot sun, poor soils, wind and coastal exposure, New Zealand native broadleaf evergreen shrub ""Brachyglottis greyi"" can be found sprawled in the hot sun, poor soils"
"– 4 cm wide, with petioles <2 cm long. The pale yellow inflorescences are 8 – 30 cm long, usually comprising 8 – 12 pairs of small globose heads 0.5 – 0.7 cm in diameter, each head with 6 – 12 flowers. Ploidy: ""2n"" = 38. Norman identifies two varieties distinguished by the number of stellate hairs on the undersides of the leaves: The species is not known to be in cultivation. Buddleja racemosa Buddleja racemosa, commonly known as the Wand (or Texas) Butterfly Bush, is endemic to the southern edge of the limestone Edwards Plateau in Texas, United States,"