Buddleja utahensis
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Buddleja utahensis is a species of butterfly bush
native to the southwestern United States
, where it is known by the common names Utah butterfly bush and Panamint butterfly bush.
s with series of rounded clusters of flowers. The tubelike flowers bear the same velvety light green surface as the rest of the plant except for their faces, where the flat corolla, about 0.5 cm wide, is a light to deep yellow.
Buddleja
Buddleja, often misspelled Buddleia but commonly known as the Butterfly Bush, is a genus of flowering plants. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus honours the Reverend Adam Buddle , a botanist and rector in Essex, England, but who could never have seen a plant of the genus.-Classification:The...
native to the southwestern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where it is known by the common names Utah butterfly bush and Panamint butterfly bush.
Description
B. utahensis is a low, hairy shrub reaching < 0.5 m in height but growing wide with extensive branching. The foliage is a very light silvery-green due to the small light hairs. Its leaves are 2 to 3 cm long, thick, bumpy, and curling under along the sides. Erect stems bear fuzzy club-shaped inflorescenceInflorescence
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...
s with series of rounded clusters of flowers. The tubelike flowers bear the same velvety light green surface as the rest of the plant except for their faces, where the flat corolla, about 0.5 cm wide, is a light to deep yellow.