Buddleja misionum explained

Buddleja misionum is a species endemic to dry rocky fields and roadsides in southern Paraguay, the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and the provinces of Corrientes and Misiones in Argentina; it was first described and named by Kraenzlin in 1913.[1] [2]

Description

Buddleja misionum is a dioecious shrub 1  - 2 m high, with tan fissured bark. The branches are subquadrangular and covered with a dense tomentum. The sessile lanceolate to elliptic leaves are 5.5  - 10 cm long by 1.4  - 4 cm wide, lanose above and below. The yellow inflorescences are 15  - 30 cm long, comprising 5  - 15 pairs of heads 1  - 1.5 cm in diameter located in the axils of the terminal leaves, each head with > 20 flowers; the corolla tubes 4.5  - 5 mm long.[2]

Cultivation

The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.

Notes and References

  1. Kraenzlin, F. W. L. (1916). repert. Spec. Nov. Regni. Veg. 14: 294  - 295. 1916
  2. Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA