Species: Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
Family: Figworts (SCROPHULARIACEAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NW
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Figworts (SCROPHULARIACEAE)
This is a varied cosmopolitan family, whose members were thought to cure scrofula, a gangrenous tubercular condition of the lymph glands, also known as the 'king's evil'. It was held that the monarch could cure it by his touch. Edward the Confessor was the earliest king known to have touched sufferers, and the last was Queen Anne, who touched the two-year-old Samuel Johnson in 1712.
C. Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
This escaped garden plant needs no introduction as it is now as common throughout the countryside as it is in the cemetery. It is, however, a good nectar source for butterflies.
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Butterfly Bush (or buddleia)
Have you ever seen this species growing high up on buildings, chimneys and railway embankments? It's able to grow almost anywhere. As its name suggests, the Butterfly Bush or buddleia is a good source of nectar for butterflies.
Butterfly Bush (or buddleia)
This escaped garden plant needs no introduction as it is now as common throughout the countryside as it is in the cemetery. Here it is in its still interesting, autumnal form.
