Buddleja davidii Franch., 1887

Common names

🇬🇧 Butterfly-bush
🇫🇷 Buddleia de David, Buddleia du père David, Arbre-à-papillon, Arbre-aux-papillons

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Buddlejeae
Genus: Buddleja
Species: Buddleja davidii

Presence

Introduced invasive.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

Possible confusion with B. japonica Hemsl., 1889, whose leaves have a cunnate or rounded base, and denticulate or dentate margins, while those of B. davidii Franch., 1888 have a narrowly cunnate base and entire or denticulate margins. Examining large leaves helps with determination.

Named after Armand David (1826-1900), a French catholic priest, zoologist and botanist, who discovered this species in Eastern Tibet in 1869.

Photographs

img/buddleja-davidii.webp — *Buddleja davidii*

img/buddleja-davidii-2.webp — *Buddleja davidii*

img/buddleja-davidii-3.webp — *Buddleja davidii* - Leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1052). Biotope.