Button Bush

Yesterday, I spied Buttonbushes by Galla lake. These blooms look like a pincushion made of creamy white flowers. It’s a favorite for bees and butterflies and a host plant for the hydrangea sphinx and titan sphinx moths.  It’s called buttonwillow, honey balls, and honey bells. Native Americans used buttonbush bark to treat a variety of digestive ailments.  The Buttonbush likes wet marshy soil and that’s why it grows near Galla watershed.  Reminds me of the COVID virus symbol.