Buddleja cordobensis
Buddleja cordobensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to dry hillsides in the Argentine provinces of Córdoba [Province, Argentina|Córdoba], San Luís, and La [Rioja Province, Argentina|La Rioja] at altitudes of 700-1500 m; it was first described and named by August [Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Grisebach] in 1874.
Description
Buddleja cordobensis is a dioecious densely branched shrub 1-2 m high, with grey fissured bark. The young branches are terete and tomentose, bearing coriaceous, ovate leaves 2-8 cm long by 0.5-2 cm wide, thickly tomentose on both surfaces, with 0.5 cm petioles. The deep yellow inflorescences comprise one terminal and < 9 pairs of globose heads 0.6-1 cm in diameter, each with 12-25 flowers; the corolla tubes are 3-4 mm long.The species is considered closely related to B. araucana and B. aromatica.