''Buddleja corrugata'' is a species endemic to north-western

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including the

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, growing on limestone at altitudes of 200–1900 m; it was first described and named by

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in 1933.Jones, M. E. (1933). ''Contr. W. Bot.'' 18: 56. 1933.Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. ''Flora Neotropica 81''. New York Botanical Garden, USA

Description

''Buddleja corrugata'' is a small,

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, multi-branched shrub 0.1–1 m high, with grey-black

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and

tomentose Trichomes (); ) are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists. They are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae. A covering of any kind of hair on a plan ...

, bearing small,

sessile Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: * Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about * Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant * Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...

, subcoriaceous

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, ovate-oblong, or

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, leaves 1–4 cm long by 0.2–3 cm wide. The yellow or orange

inflorescences An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed on ...

comprise 3–8 pairs of globose heads 0.5–1 cm in diameter, each with 6–20 flowers, subtended by short bracts; the

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tubes are 2–4 mm long. The species is considered closely related to ''

Buddleja utahensis ''Buddleja utahensis'' is a species of ''Buddleja'' endemic to the southwestern United States (northwest Arizona, eastern California, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah), where it is known by the common names Utah butterfly bush and Panamint ...

'' and ''

Buddleja marrubiifolia ''Buddleja marrubiifolia'', commonly known as the woolly butterflybush, is a perennial shrub which is endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert from southern Texas to San Luis Potosí in Mexico, where it grows on limestone and gypsum soils in canyons and ...

''.

Subspecies

Jones identified three subspecies, distinguished by differences in the leaves: * ''B. corrugata'' subsp. ''corrugata'' * ''B. corrugata'' subsp. ''gentryi'' * ''B. corrugata'' subsp. ''moranii''

Cultivation

The species is not known to be in cultivation.

References

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