Buddleja elegans Cham. & Schltdl. subsp. elegans

  • Authority

    Norman, E. M. 2000. Buddlejaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 81: 1-225. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Buddlejaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Buddleja elegans Cham. & Schltdl. subsp. elegans

  • Type

    Type: Plate cited

  • Synonyms

    Buddleja vetula Cham., Buddleja campestris (Vell.) Walp., Buddleja glaziovii Taub., Buddleja nettoana Taub., Buddleja reitzii E.M.Norman & L.B.Sm., Romana campestris Vell.

  • Description

    Subspecies Description - Shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves sessile or subsessile, 4-8(-12) x 0.7-1.5(-3) cm broad, narrowly elliptic, oblanceolate, obovate, the margin serrulate, crenulate, or subentire, glabrescent above, canescent to lanate below; flowers sessile or subsessile, borne in congested cymes.

  • Distribution

    From Río Grande do Sul to Minas Gerais, Brazil, from 700-1700 m in moist or swampy fields, often in rocky places along rivers and roadsides and among other secondary vegetation. Flowering from September to January.

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