Buddleja marrubiifolia Benth.

Woolly butterflybush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Buddleja

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The bark is greyish black. The leaves are oval and 1-3 cm long by 0.6-1.5 cm wide. It has a coating on both surfaces. The flowers are in a round head about 1 cm across and made up of 35 flowers. They are yellow and turn orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in deserts and limestone country. It grows between 600-2,250 m above sea level. It suits USDA hardiness zone 7.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses environmental use food medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Diuretic (unspecified), Apertif (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Buddleja marrubiifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Buddleja marrubiifolia world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:545815-1
WFO ID wfo-0000574140
COL ID NN5R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Buddleja marrubiifolia Buddleja marrubiifolia subsp. marrubiifolia