Buddleja perfoliata
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. perfoliata |
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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]
The species is not known to be in cultivation.
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