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White-flowered butterfly bush

Buddleja albiflora

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Common names

10 names · 9 languages
EnglishYour language
  • White-flowered butterfly bush
Other languages (8)
Dutch
  • Herfstsering
  • Vlinderstruik
French
  • Buddléia à fleurs blanches[1][2]
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 巴东醉鱼草[2]
Czech
  • komule bělokvětá[2]
Estonian
  • kahkjas budleia[2]
German
  • Weißer Sommerflieder[3]
Lithuanian
  • Baltažiedė budlėja[2]
Slovak
  • budleja bielokvetá[2]
Sources & name notes (3)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Buddleja albiflora — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Buddléia à fleurs blanches — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 446881; Buddleja albiflora.
[2] Buddleja albiflora — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Buddléia à fleurs blanches — results[21].names[5]; taxon id 446881; Buddleja albiflora.
  • kahkjas budleia — results[21].names[1]; taxon id 446881; Buddleja albiflora.
  • komule bělokvětá — results[21].names[2]; taxon id 446881; Buddleja albiflora.
  • 巴东醉鱼草 — results[21].names[3]; taxon id 446881; Buddleja albiflora.
  • Baltažiedė budlėja — results[21].names[4]; taxon id 446881; Buddleja albiflora.
  • budleja bielokvetá — results[21].names[6]; taxon id 446881; Buddleja albiflora.
[3] Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Buddleja albiflora ↗

Common names from World Plants, version 26.05, reproduced in Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20. License: CC BY.

Source records
  • Weißer Sommerflieder — VernacularName.tsv, line 157599; taxon NMYH.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Buddleja albiflora is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Scrophulariaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Native range
C. & EC. China.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [2]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Low suitability
Nectar value Low
Pollen value Unknown
Plant profile

About this plant

White-flowered butterfly bush (Buddleja albiflora) is a shrub. It flowers from July to September.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Buddleja albiflora — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 5052847; ID NMYH; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 5052847; ID NMYH; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Buddleja albiflora — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 1331237; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1222389, 1222390, 1222391

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.