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 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]
The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.