Pollinator plant

Himalayan butterfly bush

Buddleja crispa

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Common names

7 names · 6 languages
EnglishYour language
Other languages (5)
Dutch
  • Herfstsering
  • Vlinderstruik
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 皱叶醉鱼草[3]
Czech
  • komule zkadeřená[3]
Lithuanian
  • Raukšlėtoji budlėja[3]
Slovak
  • budleja kučeravá[3]
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 crispa — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

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

Source records
  • Himalayan butterfly bush — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 703737; Buddleja crispa.
[2] Buddleja crispa — GBIF vernacular names (Catalogue of Life) ↗

GBIF aggregation of Catalogue of Life. The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • Himalayan butterfly bush — results[0] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/7288301/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 7288301; sourceTaxonKey 295643935; Buddleja crispa.
[3] Buddleja crispa — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

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

Source records
  • Himalayan butterfly bush — results[1].names[1]; taxon id 703737; Buddleja crispa.
  • komule zkadeřená — results[1].names[2]; taxon id 703737; Buddleja crispa.
  • Raukšlėtoji budlėja — results[1].names[3]; taxon id 703737; Buddleja crispa.
  • 皱叶醉鱼草 — results[1].names[4]; taxon id 703737; Buddleja crispa.
  • budleja kučeravá — results[1].names[5]; taxon id 703737; Buddleja crispa.
Plant references

Source-backed information

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

Taxonomy
Buddleja crispa 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
Iran to China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu) and N. India.

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

Himalayan butterfly bush (Buddleja crispa) is a shrub. It flowers from May to June.

Sources and references

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

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Buddleja crispa — 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 2009925; ID 694K6; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 2009925; ID 694K6; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Buddleja crispa — 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 1331286; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1222519, 1222520, 1222521, 1222522, 1222523, 1222524, 1222525, 1222526, 1222527, 1222528, 1222529

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.