Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Buddleja davidii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Scrophulariaceae |
| Family common name(s) | scroph; figwort; figworts; fig-wort; fig wort |
| Genus common name(s) | buddleja; buddleia |
| Species common name(s) | David's buddleia; David's butterfly-bush; David's butterfly bush; David buddleia; David butterfly-bush; David butterfly bush; orange-eyed buddleja; orange-eyed butterfly-bush; orange-eyed butterfly bush; orange eyed butterfly bush; orange-eye buddleia; orange-eye butterfly-bush; orange-eye butterfly bush; orange-eye butterflybush; orange eye butterflybush; orangeeye butterflybush; orange-eye summer-lilac; orange-eye summer lilac; orange eye summer lilac; purple buddleja; purple butterfly-bush; purple butterfly bush; red buddleja; red buddleia; red butterfly-bush; red butterfly bush |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | summer-lilac, summer lilac, purple buddleia are applied to multiple Buddleja taxa; butterfly-bush, butterfly bush, butterflybush are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | David is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Davids is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Buddlejaceae |
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