Buddleja × whiteana is a hybrid of Buddleja alternifolia and Buddleja asiatica made at the Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, VA, USA, in 1948 by R.J.Moore. The plant was named for Orlando E. White, Director of Botany at Blandy. However, the taxonomy of the plant is a matter of contention, the RBG Kew Plantlist treating the status of its name as 'unresolved'.