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Buddleja davidii Franch.
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This large shrub is so called because it is visited by large numbers of butterflies and moths, as it is an extremely good source of nectar (2). Indeed, the spread of this plant may have been the single factor responsible for the maintenance of many urban butterfly populations (4). The butterfly-bush has dark green lance-shaped leaves, which are white on the undersides. The purple flowers are densely arranged in flower spikes (2).
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Foodplant / miner
larva of Amauromyza verbasci mines leaf of Buddleja davidii
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Auricularia auricula-judae is saprobic on wood of Buddleja davidii
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Byssomerulius corium is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood of Buddleja davidii
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
basidiome of Chaetotyphula actiniceps is saprobic on dead, attached inflorescence of Buddleja davidii
Foodplant / open feeder
Cionus scrophulariae grazes on leaf of Buddleja davidii
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Dendrothele commixta is saprobic on dead, attached twig of Buddleja davidii
Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora hariotii parasitises live Buddleja davidii
Foodplant / parasite
fruitbody of Phlebiella bourdotii parasitises live twig of Buddleja davidii
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Steccherinum ochraceum is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed twig of Buddleja davidii
Other: minor host/prey
Medicinal; ornamental.
Buddleja davidii Franchet X B. fallowiana I. B. Balfour & W. W. Smith has been reported from Yunnan (Leeuwenberg, Meded. Landbouwhogeschool 79(6): 149. 1979). This hybrid has the following characteristics: Shrubs. Branchlets terete, densely stellate tomentose. Leaves subsessile to petiole 6 mm; leaf blade ovate to narrowly elliptic, 4--13 X 1--6.5 cm, both surfaces densely stellate tomentose to adaxially glabrescent, base cuneate to decurrent, margin crenate-serrate, apex acuminate, acute, or obtuse, venation inconspicuous. Inflorescences terminal, thyrsoid, 5--15 X 2--3 cm. Calyx campanulate, 3.5--5 mm, inside densely stellate tomentose. Corolla violet to lilac, with an orange-yellow throat, outside densely stellate tomentose and with glandular hairs, tube ca. 9 mm; lobes orbicular, 1--3 X 1--3 mm. Stamens inserted above middle of corolla tube; anthers oblong. Ovary oblong, stellate tomentose. Fl. May-Oct.
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"Notes: Western Ghats, Cultivated, Native of East Asiatic Region"
Fl. Per.: Aug.-Sept.
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Cultivated as an ornamental in the plains and hills of India and Pakistan.
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Canada
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Karnataka: Mysore Tamil Nadu: Dindigul
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