| Berzelia lanuginosa | |
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| Berzelia lanuginosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Bruniales |
| Family: | Bruniaceae |
| Genus: | Berzelia |
| Species: | B. lanuginosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Berzelia lanuginosa | |
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Brunia lanuginosa L. | |
Berzelia lanuginosa, commonly known as common button bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bruniaceae native to the Western Cape region of South Africa.[2] It is a perennial shrub that is hardy from USDA hardiness zones 9a to 11. It grows to be 4 to 6 feet (1.2 to 1.8 m) tall.[3]
Carl Linnaeus, the "father of taxonomy", described it as Brunia lanuginosa in volume one of his Species Plantarum in 1753.[4] French botanist erected the genus Berzelia, giving it the binomial name Berzelia lanuginosa in 1826.
- ^ "Berzelia lanuginosa (L.) Brongn". The Plant List. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ Wilman, Victoria. "Berzelia lanuginosa". PlantZAfrica. SA National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "PlantFiles: Buttonbush Berzelia lanuginosa". davesgarden.com. Dave's Garden. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). "Tomus I". Species Plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 1. Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii. p. 199.