Description

Budleja salviifolia tree leaves

Buddleja salviifolia, common names sage bush and sage wood. Some people also called it a butterfly bush because it attracts so many butterflies. From the Family: Scrophulariaceae. It is found in Africa from Kenya right down to Southern Africa.

This sample was found in the Moreletta Nature reserve in Pretoria, South Africa. It grows on rocky mountain slopes but there is enough water that drains from the mountain. Most Buddleja davidii, so there are not that many of salviifolia. maybe the reason is also that it is native to Africa.

More Budleja stock images for commercial use below.

Buddleja davidii White Profusion, Buddlejaceae (butterfly bush, buddleia, summer lilac) botanical garden Gothenburg Sweden

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White butterfly-bush – Latin name – Buddleja davidii White Profusion

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Buddleja is called Butterfly bush because the flower ears are sweet and a lot of fragrant butterflies gather.

© Photographer: Yorozu Kitamura | Agency: Dreamstime.com

A Butterfly Bush, also known as Summer Lilac which is a species of Figwort

© Photographer: Ben Molyneux | Agency: Dreamstime.com

Buckeye butterfly gathers nectar atop a butterfly bush.

© Photographer: Kenneth Keifer | Agency: Dreamstime.com

A beautiful magenta Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii, growing in a flower garden

© Photographer: Stephanie Frey | Agency: Dreamstime.com