Common Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis L. - Madder family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 12.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree, Shrub
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Monarchs; Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds
Larval Species depending on Common Buttonbush: Aellopos titan titan, Aethes cephalanthana, Callosamia promethea, Citheronia regalis, Darapsa versicolor, Harrisimemna trisignata, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyalophora euryalus, Hyphantria cunae, Ledaea perditalis, Machimia tetoriferella, Melanomma auricinctaria, Mompha cephalonthiella, Orgyia leucostigma, Rothschildia lebeau forbesi
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin
- MEX: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- CAN: New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.