2011-08-31

Buddleja curviflora

Buddleja curviflora

Buddleja curviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species: B. curviflora
Binomial name
Buddleja curviflora
Hook. & Arn.

Buddleja curviflora is a deciduous shrub native to southern Japan and Taiwan, where it grows in thickets on stony slopes at elevations of 100 - 300 m. B. curviflora was named and described Hooker & Arnott in 1838.

Description

B. curviflora grows to < 2 m in height in the wild, its branches subquadrangular in section, and glabrescent. The leaves are opposite, lanceolate to ovate and range from 5 to 15 cm long by 2 to 6 cm wide, the upper surface glabrous, the underside almost glaucous. The purple flowers are borne on slender, terminal, one-sided panicles 5 - 15 cm long; flowering occurs in June and July.

Cultivation

The shrub is rare in cultivation. In the UK, specimens are grown at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and at the Royal Horticultural Society garden at Wisley. The NCCPG national collection at Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge, has the variety veneniflora.

Suppliers

The shrub is in commerce in the UK; vendors can be found in the RHS's Plantfinder [1].

Varieties

References

  • Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. H. Veenman & Zonen B. V., Wageningen, Netherlands.





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