SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Butterfly pollination (psychophily)
Butterfly-pollinated flowers tend to be large and showy, pink or lavender in colour, frequently have a landing area, and are usually scented. Since butterflies do not digest pollen (with one exception), more nectar is offered than pollen. The flowers have simple nectar guides with the nectaries usually hidden in narrow tubes or spurs, reached by the long tongue of the butterlies.
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7 Accessions:
Number in parentheses references locator map icons
- {1} Buddleja indica - Oak-Leaf Buddleja - Scrophulariaceae
- {1} Catharanthus roseus - Rose Periwinkle - Apocynaceae
- {2} Ixora javanica - Jungle Flame - Rubiaceae
- {3} Asclepias curassavica - Blood-flower - Apocynaceae
- {4} Lantana montevidensis - Weeping Lantana - Verbenaceae
- {5} Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian, Jupiter's Beard - Caprifoliaceae
- {6} Buddleja crispa - Himalayan Butterfly Bush - Scrophulariaceae
W/C = Wild Collected
= Currently Flowering = Image(s) Available = map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days