Buddleya salviifolia (Sagewood)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Scrophulariaceae > Genus: Buddleya

Native to southern and tropical Africa. Commonly grown in southern African gardens. Flowers are very attractive to butterflies and bees.

Buddleja salviifolia in Cape Town garden, with Honeybee Apis mellifera feeding on nectar from one of flowers. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©].