Common buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- 1.4 m
Rubiaceae
Formerly Cephalanthus acuminatus, Cephalanthus berlandieri, Cephalanthus hansenii, Cephalanthus obtusifolius, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Canada to C. America, CubaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.5 m to 2.4 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, creamRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 风箱树叶, 北美风箱果, 北美风箱树
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Cephalanthus occidentalis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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