Buddleja corrugata
Buddleja corrugata is a species endemic to north-western Mexico including the Baja [California Sur], growing on limestone at altitudes of 200-1900 m; it was first described and named by Jones in 1933.
Description
Buddleja corrugata is a small, dioecious, multi-branched shrub 0.1-1 m high, with grey-black rimose bark. The young branches are terete and tomentose, bearing small, sessile, subcoriaceous ovate, ovate-oblong, or linear, leaves 1-4 cm long by 0.2-3 cm wide. The yellow or orange inflorescences comprise 3-8 pairs of globose heads 0.5-1 cm in diameter, each with 6-20 flowers, subtended by short bracts; the corolla tubes are 2-4 mm long.The species is considered closely related to Buddleja utahensis and Buddleja marrubiifolia.
Subspecies
Jones identified three subspecies, distinguished by differences in the leaves:- B. corrugata subsp. corrugata
- B. corrugata subsp. gentryi
- B. corrugata subsp. ''moranii''