Buddleja perfoliata

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Buddleja perfoliata

Buddleja perfoliata is endemic to the xerophytic and subzerophytic grasslands of central Mexico at elevations of 1500 2700 m. The species was first named and described by Kunth in 1818.[1][2]

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Buddleja perfoliata
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species:
B. perfoliata
Binomial name
Buddleja perfoliata
Synonyms
  • Buddleja sphaerantha Schltdl. & Cham.
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Description

Buddleja perfoliata is a small dioecious shrub 0.8 2 m tall in the wild, much branched, and with a greyish-black shredding bark. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, bearing sessile lanceolate to elliptic opposite subcoriaceous leaves, rugose above with dense felt-like tomentum covering both surfaces. The yellow inflorescences, redolent of sage, are 5 25 cm long, comprising 5 26 pairs of heads borne in the axils of the leaves, each head about 1 cm in diameter with 30 40 flowers. Ploidy: 2n = 38.[2]

Cultivation

The species is not known to be in cultivation.

References

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