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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
  6. Coffees, Bedstraws, and Allies
  7. Naucleeae
  8. Buttonbushes

genus

Buttonbushes

Cephalanthus

Traits
Includes
2 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Buttonbush native
  • Cephalanthus tetrandrus
  • Mexican Buttonbush native
  • Red Sarandí

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native buttonbushes All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis caterpillars 17 hosts 1 food 11 flowers 77
  • Mexican Buttonbush Cephalanthus salicifolius caterpillars 3 flowers 7

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