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Argentine butterfly bush
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Argentine butterfly bush

Buddleja stachyoides Cham. & Schltdl.

Names

EnglishArgentine butterfly bush
Dutch—
SpanishCambará
Chinese水苏醉鱼草
Scientific nameBuddleja stachyoides Cham. & Schltdl.

About this species

Buddleja stachyoides is the most widespread member of the genus in South America, endemic to woodland edges, roadsides and riversides in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Introduced to the UK as B. australis in 1822, when the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh grew it from seed received from a Russian source, the plant was described and renamed B. stachyoides by Chamisso and von Schlechtendal in 1827.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyScrophulariaceae
GenusBuddleja

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