Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Size: 3g & 7g availability

Shrub
Max size: 20’ tall x 8’ wide
Average size: 12′ tall x 6′ wide

Very Moist, Usually Moist
Clay, Loam, Muck, Sand
Full Sun, Part Shade
No Salt Tolerance

AKA: Crane-Willow, Pond Dogwood, Snowball, Honey-balls, Globe-flower

This deciduous shrub has an orange fall color and blooms in the late spring to early summer with white flowers that are fragrant and aromatic. The foliage is poisonous to livestock, but is browsed by deer. It attracts butterflies and other pollinators, as well as being a host plant to titan sphinx (Aellopos titan) and hydrangea sphinx (Darapsa versicolor) moths. “Buttonbush was deemed one of the top-most beneficial native plants by the USDA as it provides food for 24 species of insects, 8 waterfowl species, 3 mammalian species, and several pollinators.” – ncwf.org

Indigenous medicinal uses include: dysentery, emetic, tonic, analgesic, toothaches, rheumatism