Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis |
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Buttonbush.
Buttonbush is a rounded, 3-6 foot tall shrub.
The leaves are late growing back in the spring.
Flowers are creamy-white, on spherical heads, 1 to 1 1/4 inches long, blooming in late summer.
The fruit is a nutlet that persists through winter and is eaten by ducks and other water birds.
Native from New Brunswick to Florida,
west to Minnesota, Oklahoma and southern New Mexico, Arizona, California, into Mexico and Cuba.
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