Buddleja filibracteolata


Buddleja filibracteolata is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to the rainforests of Costa Rica. It was first described by J.A.González and J.F.Morales in 2007.

Description

Buddleja filibracteolata is a shrub growing 0.91.3 m in height. Stems are glabrous; leaves are opposite, sessile, narrowly elliptic, measuring 310 cm to 0.72.1 cm. Inflorescences are 25 cm long, terminal, spike-shaped, with the corolla usually white in colour.
It distinguished from other species such as Buddleja crotonoides by its sessile leaves, amplexicaul leaf blades, and spike-shaped inflorescence with the many conspicuous threadlike bracts to which the species owes its name.

Distribution and habitat

It occurs in rainforests and areas of high vegetation associated with ravines, at elevations of 1000-1200 m.