butterfly bush

English

Buddleja davidii 'Pyrkeep' = Purple Emperor, inflorescence

butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa Umbel)

Rotheca myricoides pm

Noun

butterfly bush (plural butterfly bushes)

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

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