Buddleja chenopodiifolia

Buddleja chenopodiifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Buddlejaceae
Genus:	Buddleja
Species:	B. chenopodiifolia
Binomial name
Buddleja chenopodiifolia Kraenzl.

Buddleja chenopodiifolia is a species endemic to the dry rocky or clay hillsides of southern Peru at altitudes of 2200–3100 m; it was first described and named by Kraenzlin in 1913.^{[1] [2]}

Description

B. chenopodiifolia is a dioecious shrub 1–2 m high, with dark brown fissured bark. The branches are subquadrangular and covered with a dense white tomentum. The membranaceous ovate leaves have 0.5–1 cm petioles, and are 4–8 cm long by 1.3–3.5 cm wide, glabrescent above but with white tomentum below. The yellowish-white leafy-bracted inflorescences are 10–20 cm long, comprising 6–14 pairs of globose heads < 1 cm in diameter, each head with 6–20 flowers; the corolla tubes are 1.7–2.5 mm long.^[2]

Cultivation

The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.

References

1. Kraenzlin, F. W. L. (1913). Bot. Jahrb Syst. 50: Beibl. 111, 35. 1913
2. Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA