| Buddleja parviflora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Buddlejaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. parviflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja parviflora Kunth |
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Buddleja parviflora is endemic to much of upland Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in forests at elevations of 750 – 3500 m. The species was first named and described by Kunth in 1818. [1] [2]
B. parviflora is a large dioecious shrub or small tree < 10 m tall in the wild, with a trunk < 20 cm in diameter; the bark blackish and exfoliating. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, bearing opposite subcoriaceous leaves of variable shape, 3 - 12 cm long by 1 - 4.5 cm wide. The white to greenish-white inflorescences are paniculate, 3 - 18 cm long by 2 - 12 cm comprising 2 - 3 orders of branches subtended by small leaves and bearing small cymules with 3 - 5 tiny flowers, the campanulate corollas only 1 - 1.5 mm long. [2]
The species is not known to be in cultivation.