Buddleja
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 29th June 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Fact File

Taken at  Baron's Haugh on 22nd July 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Strathclyde Park on 2nd July 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Buddleja
Buddleja.
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AKA:
Buddleja davidii.
Lamiales.
Scrophulariaceae.
Flowering Plant.
summer lilac, butterfly-bush, or orange eye.
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A garden shrub, but can be found on waste land and demolition sites.
Summer.
A wide range of pastel colours, from pink, lilac, mauve, lavender and occasionally powder blue.
Up to 5 metres.
There are about 100 species.
The flowers are 'perfect' (having both male and female parts) and hence hermaphrodite.