Buddleja suaveolens is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae.[1][2] It is endemic to central Chile, growing mostly in rocky areas along rivers at elevations of 500 – 2,900 m. The species was first named and described by Carl Sigismund Kunth and Carl David Bouché in 1845.[3][4]
| Buddleja suaveolens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. suaveolens |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja suaveolens | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editBuddleja suaveolens is a dioecious shrub 1 – 4 m tall, with grey fissured bark and persistent dead naked branches. The young branches are yellow, terete and tomentulose, bearing small sessile, elliptic to oblong subcoriaceous leaves, 0.5 – 3 cm long by 0.2 – 1 cm wide, glabrescent above but tomentose below. The yellowish orange leafy inflorescences comprise one terminal and 2 – 7 pairs of heads in the axils of the upper leaves, each head approximately 1 cm in diameter, with 6 – 20 flowers; the corollas 5 mm long.[4]
The species is considered to be closely related to B. mendozensis.[4]
Cultivation
editThe species is not known to be in cultivation.
References
edit- 1 2 "Buddleja suaveolens Kunth & C.D.Bouché". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Buddleja suaveolens Kunth & C.D.Bouché". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ Kunth & Bouche (1845). Ann. Sci. Nat. 5: 358. 1846
- 1 2 3 Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA