| Buddleja chenopodiifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Buddlejaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. chenopodiifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja chenopodiifolia Kraenzl. |
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Buddleja chenopodiifolia is a species endemic to the dry rocky or clay hillsides of southern Peru at altitudes of 2200 - 3100 m; it was first described and named by Kraenzlin in 1913.[1] [2]
B. chenopodiifolia is a dioecious shrub 1 - 2 m high, with dark brown fissured bark. The branches are subquadrangular and covered with a dense white tomentum. The membranaceous ovate leaves have 0.5 - 1 cm petioles, and are 4 - 8 cm long by 1.3 - 3.5 cm wide, glabrescent above but with white tomentum below. The yellowish-white leafy-bracted inflorescences are 10 - 20 cm long, comprising 6 - 14 pairs of globose heads < 1 cm in diameter, each head with between 6 and 20 flowers; the corolla tubes are 1.7 - 2.5 mm long.[2]
The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.