Buddleja saligna

Willdenow

Enum. Pl. 1: 159. 1809.

Common names: Squarestem butterfly bush
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 331. Mentioned on page 328.

Shrubs or trees, 5–50 dm. Stems much-branched, lepidote when young. Leaves: stipular lines faint; petiole 2–10 mm; blade narrowly elliptic to linear, 6–15 × 0.4–3 cm, base cuneate or decurrent, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface appressed-tomentose, adaxial glabrate. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, broadly paniculate, 8–14 × 10–16 cm, cymes 5–7 pairs, 15–60-flowered, cymules 3–5-flowered. Pedicels present; bracteoles present or absent. Flowers fragrant; calyx lepidote externally, tube 0.5–1 mm, lobes 0.2–0.3 mm; corolla white, campanulate-rotate, tube 1–1.2 mm, lobes suborbiculate, 1–1.5 × 0.7–1 mm; stamens inserted medially in corolla-tube, exserted from tube; ovary ovoid, 0.5–0.8 mm, sparsely lepidote; stigma capitate, 0.2 mm. Fruits capsules, brown, oblong, 1.5–2.5 × 0.8–1 mm, sparsely lepidote, dehiscence primarily septicidal. Seeds ovoid, 1–1.4 × 0.4–0.6 mm, wings short at both ends.


Phenology: Flowering May–Sep; fruiting Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed chaparral, banks of canyons.
Elevation: 400–1200 m.

Distribution

Introduced; Calif., Africa (Republic of South Africa), also in Pacific Islands (Hawaii), Australia

Discussion

Buddleja saligna is established in Los Angeles County, where it was first collected in 1965 (Fuller 13379, CDA). It was originally reported for California under the illegitimate name Chilianthus oleaceous Burchell.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Buddleja saligna"
appressed-tomentose +
elliptic to linear +  and elliptic +
acute +  and acuminate +
Eliane Meyer Norman +
Willdenow +
decurrent +  and cuneate +
indehiscent +, loculicidal +, septicidal +  and dehiscence +
globular;cylindric oblong ellipsoid or subglobular +
elliptic to linear +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
not +, subleathery +  and not fleshy +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
campanulate +
indehiscent +, loculicidal +, septicidal +  and dehiscence +
globular +  and cylindric oblong ellipsoid or subglobular +
decussate;opposite +
Squarestem butterfly bush +
bilabiate +, regular +  and symmetric +
campanulate-rotate +
15-60-flowered +
Calif. +, Africa (Republic of South Africa) +, also in Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +  and Australia +
400–1200 m. +
curved +  and straight +
not +  and abundant +
yellow-orange +
fragrant +
trioecious +, dioecious +  and bisexual +
indehiscent +, loculicidal +, septicidal +  and dehiscence +
globular;cylindric oblong ellipsoid or subglobular +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Roadsides, disturbed chaparral, banks of canyons. +
pseudoverticellate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
terminal +  and axillary +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
alternate +  and opposite +
deciduous +, semipersistent +  and persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
suborbiculate +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
entire +, subentire +, sinuate-dentate +, undulate +  and crenate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Sep +  and fruiting Jul–Oct. +
yellow +  and brown +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
connate +  and distinct +
Introduced +
pseudoverticellate +
much-branched +
pendent +  and erect +
2-lobed +, clavate +  and capitate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
as stipular lines +
Chilianthus +  and Nicodemia +
Buddleja saligna +
Buddleja +
species +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
tree +  and shrub +