butterfly bush

English

Buddleja davidii 'Pyrkeep' = Purple Emperor, inflorescence

butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa Umbel)

Rotheca myricoides pm

Noun

butterfly bush (plural butterfly bushes)

1. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies
   1. Any buddleia, of genus Buddleja.
      1. especially of the species Buddleja davidii and Buddleja globosa.
   2. Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa).
   3. Blue butterfly bush (Rotheca myricoides, syn. Clerodendrum ugandense).

Translations

plant of the genus Buddleja

• Finnish: syrikkä (fi)

Asclepias tuberosa — see butterfly weed

Rotheca myricoides

• Dutch: kansenboom
• Finnish: sinitirsku
• Japanese: クレロデンドルム・ウガンデンセ (kurerodendorumu ugandense), ブルーエルフィン (burū erufin)
• Kikuyu: muunjuga-iria class 3, muunjuga class 3

References

• butterfly bush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia