531 — Number of the plant
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Scrophulariales
► Family Buddlejaceae - Butterfly-bush family
► Family (Alt) Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family
► Family (Alt) Loganiaceae - Logania family
► Tribe Buddlejeae
► Genus Buddleja L. - Butterflybush
Synonyms
(=) Buddleja variabilis Hemsl.
Common names
Butterfly-bush (English)
Lilac, summer (English)
Orange eye (English)
Orange-eye butterfly-bush (English)
Summer lilac (English)
Arbre aux papillons; Lilas; Lilas d'été; Papillons (Arbre aux) (French)
Description
Tiny fragrant four-lobed tubular flowers in white and shades of pink, purple, yellow and orange; borne in dense terminal spikes. A medium to large shrub.
The preoccupation with universal beauty even in its aesthetic forms has an intense power for refining and subtilising the nature, and at its highest it is a great force for purification.
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volumes 20-21. - The Synthesis of Yoga
