Buddleja bullata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Scrophulariaceae
Tribus: Buddlejeae
Genus: Buddleja
Sectio: B. sect. Buddleja
Series: B. ser. Cordatae
Species: Buddleja bullata
Name

Buddleja bullata Kunth
References

F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:280[folio]; 2:348[quarto]. 1818
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Buddleja bullata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Buddleja bullata is a variable species endemic to the Andes, from Venezuela south through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru, at elevations of 1,800–3,600 m, where it grows on stream beds and in the remnants of montane forest.[1] The species was first described and named by Kunth in 1818.[2]

Description

Buddleja bullata is a dioecious shrub or small tree 1 – 10 m high, with a greyish-tan bark. The branches are subquadrangular and tomentose. The membraneous or subcoriaceous leaves are elliptic, lanceolate or ovate, 8–22 cm long by 3–8 cm wide, glabrescent, often bullate, above and covered with a white or yellowish tomentum below. The cream or yellow inflorescences are paniculate 7–25 cm long by 7–20 cm wide, comprising globose heads about 1 cm in diameter, each with 6–12 flowers; the corollas are 2.5–3.5 mm long.[1]
Hybrids

The species is believed to hybridize with B. pichinchensis in the wild.[1]
Cultivation

The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.
References

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