Buddleja lindleyana Fortune

Lindley's butterflybush (en), Buddléa de Lindley (fr), Buddléia de Lindley (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Buddleja

Characteristics

Shrubs 1--3 m tall; young branchlets, leaves abaxially, petioles, and inflorescences densely rusty pubescent with stellate and/or glandular hairs. Stems brown, branchlets quadrangular to subquadrangular. Stipules absent. Petiole 1--7 mm; leaf blade ovate to elliptic or narrowly so, 3--11 X 1--5 cm, membranous when dry, adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent, base cuneate, margin entire to coarsely sinuate-dentate, apex acuminate, lateral veins 6--8 pairs and conspicuous. Inflorescences terminal, spicate cymes, 4--20 X 2--4 cm; lower bracts leaflike, often linear, 1--10 mm. Calyx campanulate to urceolate, 2--4 mm; lobes broadly triangular, 0.2--1 X 0.5--1 mm, outside densely pubescent with glandular and often also with some stellate hairs. Corolla purple, 1.3--2 cm; tube 1.1--1.7 cm, curved below middle, apically 2.5--4 mm in diam., basally 1--1.5 mm wide, outside pubescent with glandular and often also with some stellate hairs; lobes suborbicular, 2--3.5 X 2--3 mm. Stamens inserted at or near base of corolla tube; anthers oblong to ovate. Pistil glabrous. Ovary ovoid, 1.5--2.2 mm. Stigma clavate. Capsules ellipsoid, 4--6 X 1.5--2 mm, glandular-pubescent or less often glabrous. Seeds pale brown, obliquely tetrahedral, narrowly winged at edges. Fl. Apr-Oct, fr. Apr of following year.
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Corolla purple, usually curved, with erect lobes 4–10 times as long as the calyx, 13–20 mm. long, pubescent with glandular and often also some stellate hairs outside; tube nearly cylindrical, gradually widened from somewhat above the insertion of the stamens, 3·5–8 times as long as the calyx, 5–6 times as long as the lobes, 11–17 mm. long, lobes suborbicular, about as long as wide or wider, 2–3 mm. long, stamens included; filaments inserted 3–6 mm. above the base of the corolla.
Leaves opposite or subopposite, very variable in shape and size, shortly petiolate; stellate–pubescent, 1–7 mm. long; lamina sparsely pubescent to glabrous above, minutely to densely pubescent with often stellate hairs beneath, membranaceous when dry, ovate, elliptic, or narrowly elliptic, 2–3(–5) times as long as wide, 2–11 x 0·7–5 cm. or sometimes smaller, long–acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire to coarsely sinuate–dentate; secondary veins conspicuous.
Calyx campanulate or urceolate, 2–3·5 mm. long, outside densely pubescent with glandular and often also some stellate hairs; tube 3–10 x as long as the lobes; lobes often dentate, subequal or unequal, mostly broadly triangular, 0·2–1 x 0·5–1 mm.
Corolla slightly curved, outside densely glandular-pubescent. Stipules represented by an inconspicuous rim. Inflorescences slender, spike-like.
Branchlets quadrangular or approximately so, rusty–pubescent with stellate and/or glandular hairs, less often almost glabrous.
Inflorescence terminal, almost spicate, more or less interrupted, 4–20 x 2–4 cm.
Shrub or undershrub, 1–3 m. high.
Flowers shortly pedicellate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.25 - 1.75
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Mountains beside trails, scrub by streams, forest edges; at elevations from 200-2,700 metres.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antidote (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Buddleja lindleyana leaf picture by Gail Hinds (cc-by-sa)
Buddleja lindleyana leaf picture by Xavier Morgand (cc-by-sa)
Buddleja lindleyana leaf picture by Magalie Delalande (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Buddleja lindleyana flower picture by Catherine Acacio (cc-by-sa)
Buddleja lindleyana flower picture by Natural Ethik (cc-by-sa)
Buddleja lindleyana flower picture by Magalie Delalande (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Buddleja lindleyana world distribution map, present in Australia, China, France, Jamaica, Japan, Martinique, Malaysia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:545804-1
WFO ID wfo-0000574117
COL ID NN59
BDTFX ID 11345
INPN ID 86873
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Verbena lindleyana Adenoplea lindleyana Buddleja insignis Buddleja salicifolia Buddleja lindleyana var. sinuatodentata Buddleja lindleyana