Buddleja interrupta

Buddleja interrupta is a species endemic to the dry valleys and roadsides of northern Peru at altitudes < 2600 m.[1] The species was first described and named by Kunth in 1818.[2]

Buddleja interrupta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species:
B. interrupta
Binomial name
Buddleja interrupta
Synonyms

Description

Buddleja interrupta is a dioecious shrub 1 2 m high with greyish bark. The young branches are covered with a white tomentum, bearing lanceolate leaves 5 12 cm long by 2 3 cm wide, subcoriaceous, tomentulose above, white tomentose below. The cream inflorescence is 10 20 cm long with two orders of branches, the flowers borne in pairs of capitate sessile cymules 0.5 0.8 cm in diameter, each with 3 9 flowers. The corolla is < 2 mm long.[1]

Cultivation

The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.

References

  1. Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA
  2. Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth (1818). Nov. gen. sp. ed. fol. 2: 280, ed. quar. 2: 348. 1818.
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