Buddleja lanata is a species endemic to Ecuador where it grows on dry, windy plateaux amid grasses and bracken at elevations of 1,150 2,700m. The species, first named and described by Bentham in 1845 is now threatened by habitat loss.

Description

Buddleja lanata is a dioecious shrub or subshrub, 0.5 1m high with greyish bark at the base. The stems are terete and lanate, bearing leaves on petioless 0.5 2cm long. The leaves are ovate, 7 10cm long by 4 7.5cm wide, lanate on both sides. The yellow inflorescences have a strong fragrance, and are typically 10 25cm long, comprising 5 10 pairs of pedunculate heads in the axils of the reduced terminal leaves. The heads are 1.2 1.5cm in diameter, each with 20 25 flowers; the corollas 3.5 4.5mm long, males more open at the throat.

Cultivation

The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.

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