| Buddleja iresinoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Buddlejaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. iresinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja iresinoides (Griseb.) Hosseus |
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| Synonyms | |
Buddleja iresinoides is a species endemic to the rocky hillsides and stream banks of Bolivia and northern Argentina at altitudes from 300 to 1500 m. [1] The species was correctly identified as a Buddleja and named by Hosseus in 1924.[2]
B. iresinoides is a dioecious shrub 1 - 3 m , occasionally < 5 m, high with light grey finely-striated bark. The pendulous branches are subquadrangular, tomentulose or tomentose, bearing lanceolate to ovate leaves 5 - 15 cm long by 2 - 5 cm wide on 0.5 to 1.5 cm petioles, glabrous above and tomentose, tomentulose, or even glabrescent below. The cream inflorescence is paniculate, 10 - 15 cm long with two orders of branches, the flowers borne in small globose heads 4 - 6 mm in diameter and comprising 3 - 12 flowers. The corolla is < 2 mm long and of differing shape depending on the sex of the plant, which led Fries to mistakenly identify two separate species (see Synonyms).[1]
The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.