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Also spelled Buddleia davidii. Do not confuse with the several other species also called butterfly bush, including common milkweed/butterfly flower Asclepias syriaca, orange-ball-tree Buddleja globosa, fringed iris/butterfly flower Iris japonica, butterfly bush Rotheca myricoides and butterfly flower genus Schizanthus, and the similar-named butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa.
Part of figwort family Scrophulariaceae.
Native to central 🇨🇳 China, and 🇯🇵 Japan. Invasive > 🌐︎ global Invasive > 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada+USA Invasive > report it! Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > Michigan
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) Stop Planting These Invasive Butterfly Bushes
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