Buddleja chenopodiifolia
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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.
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.
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
at altitudes of 2200 - 3100 m; it was first described and named by Kraenzlin
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin In the history of the European study of South African orchids, Fritz Kränzlin appears after Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach describing many new orchids in the region, and revising some of the genera...
in 1913.
Description
B. chenopodiifolia is a dioeciousDioecious
Dioecy is the property of a group of biological organisms that have males and females, but not members that have organs of both sexes at the same time. I.e., those whose individual members can usually produce only one type of gamete; each individual organism is thus distinctly female or male...
shrub 1 - 2 m high, with dark brown fissured bark. The branches are subquadrangular and covered with a dense white tomentum
Tomentum
Tomentum may refer to the following:*In botany, a covering of closely matted or fine hairs on plant leaves. *A network of minute blood vessels in the brain.* Tomentum in zoology are a short, soft pubescence...
. The membranaceous ovate
Leaf shape
In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms :* Acicular : Slender and pointed, needle-like* Acuminate : Tapering to a long point...
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
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
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.