Buttonbush
Scientific Name:Cephalanthus occidentalis


NOTES: Grows in wet areas, including "Marsh Pond."

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Buttonbush
Genus species: Cephalanthus occidentalis
Common Name: Buttonbush
Family Name: Rubiaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, woody vines, and shrubs; leaves opposite or whorled, simple, stipulate; flowers bisexual, regular, in various clusters; fruit a capsule, berry, or nutlet.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Shrub
Flower Color:White
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Nature Playscape
Polinator Garden
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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