🌿🌱Toledo Zoo Browse

Butterfly Bush - Buddleia davidii

Buddleja davidii (spelling variant Buddleia davidii), also called summer lilac, butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a native of Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China and of Japan. It is widely used as an ornamental plant, and many named varieties are in cultivation. B. davidii, named for the French explorer in China, Father Armand David, who first noticed the shrub, was found near Ichang by Dr Augustine Henry about 1887 and sent to St Petersburg.

Approvals

Animal	Part(s)	Comment
Birds	All
Canid	All
Equid	All
Felid	All
Herp-Invert	All
Hoofstock	All
Insectivore	All
Marsupials	All
Pachyderm	All
Phocid	All
Porcine	All
Primate	All
Rodentia	All
Small Mammal	All
Ursid	All

Locations

Location	Comments
South Zoo	Aquarium, Possibly formal gardens
North Zoo	Entry complex

images

Plant

Raw Data

    {'Approvals': [{'ApprovalAnimal': 'Porcine', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Marsupials', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Primate', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Insectivore', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Phocid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Pachyderm', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Rodentia', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Hoofstock', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Small Mammal', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Equid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Ursid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Herp-Invert', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Felid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Canid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Birds', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'}],
 'BotanicalName': 'Buddleia davidii',
 'Comments': 'Buddleja davidii (spelling variant Buddleia davidii), also '
             'called summer lilac, butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a native '
             'of Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China and of Japan. It '
             'is widely used as an ornamental plant, and many named varieties '
             'are in cultivation. B. davidii, named for the French explorer in '
             'China, Father Armand David, who first noticed the shrub, was '
             'found near Ichang by Dr Augustine Henry about 1887 and sent to '
             'St Petersburg.',
 'CommonName': 'Butterfly Bush',
 'Images': [{'ImageType': 'Plant', 'ImageURL': 'Images/evolstpt.ukv.JPG\r'}],
 'Locations': [{'LocationComments': 'Aquarium, Possibly formal gardens\r',
                'LocationName': 'South Zoo'},
               {'LocationComments': 'Entry complex',
                'LocationName': 'North Zoo'}],
 'PlantID': '87'}