Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis Rubiaceae

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Native to the Finger Lakes Region, E and Central North America

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Houston and Grossman Ponds, Zucker Shrub Collection, Cayuta Lake, South Hill Swamp

Source of plant

Bailey Nurseries, Woodlanders Inc., Cornell Botanic Gardens

Description

Rounded, 3' to 6' tall, (occasionally 10' to 15' tall in the southern part of its range) of rather looseproportions. Flowers are creamy-white, crowded in globular heads, without the projecting styles, 1" to 1 1/5" across, on peduncles 1" to 1 2/5" long in August. Fruit a nutlet that remains present throughoutthe winter.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

flowering season

Status

L3|S5|G5