Buddleja scordioides
Buddleja scordioides is endemic to central Arizona, southeastern New Mexico, southwestern Texas, and the Chihuahua Desert of Mexico, growing amidst xeric thorn-scrub on alkaline soils at elevations of 600 - 2,500 m. The species was first named and described by Carl [Sigismund Kunth|Kunth] in 1818.
Description
Buddleja scordioides is a weedy dioecious shrub 0.3 - 1.2 m tall with shredding bark. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, bearing small oblong to linear Glossary of [botanical terms#M|membranaceous] grayish-green leaves 1 - 3 cm long by 0.3 - 0.8 cm wide, rugose above, and tomentose on both surfaces. The sage-scented lemon-yellow leafy inflorescences are 2 - 10 cm long, comprising 3 - 15 pairs of sessile clusters, each with 15 - 20 flowers, the corollas 1.5 - 2 mm long. Ploidy: 2n = 38.
Cultivation
The species is not known to be in cultivation.