Buddleja misionum

Buddleja misionum is a species endemic to dry rocky fields and roadsides in southern Paraguay, the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and the provinces of Corrientes and Misiones in Argentina; it was first described and named by Friedrich [Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin|Kraenzlin] in 1913.

Description

Buddleja misionum is a dioecious shrub 1 - 2 m high, with tan fissured bark. The branches are subquadrangular and covered with a dense tomentum. The sessile lanceolate to elliptic leaves are 5.5 - 10 cm long by 1.4 - 4 cm wide, lanose above and below. The yellow inflorescences are 15 - 30 cm long, comprising 5 - 15 pairs of heads 1 - 1.5 cm in diameter located in the axils of the terminal leaves, each head with > 20 flowers; the corolla tubes 4.5 - 5 mm long.

The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.