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Buddleja davidii var. wilsonii
Also called Summer Lilac, Orange Eye, Orange Eye Butterfly Bush, Orange Eye Butterflybush, Buddleia, Chinese Sagewood, David's Buddleja
In Singapore: Purple Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Buddleia, Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush, 大叶醉鱼草 (Grown in Singapore)
Buddleja davidii var. wilsonii is endemic to western Hubei, China, at elevations of between 1600 and 2000 m; it was named after the English plant collector Ernest Wilson by Alfred Rehder. The taxonomy of the plant and the other five davidii varieties has been challenged in recent years. Leeuwenberg sank them all as synonyms, considering them to be within the natural variation of a species, a treatment adopted in the Flora of China published in 1996, and also upheld by both the Plants of the World Online database and the International Dendrology Society's Trees and Shrubs Online website.
Buddleja davidii var. wilsonii is rare in cultivation, and not known to remain in commerce. A large specimen grew against a wall at Forde Abbey, Dorset.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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