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Buddleja araucana is endemic to the semi-deserts and steppes of Patagonia, from southern Mendoza to Río Negro and Neuquen provinces in Argentina, and adjacent Chile. The species was first described and named by Philippi in 1873, it was introduced to cultivation by the British gardener and plant collector Harold Comber as a form B. globosa in 1925.
The shrub has proved hardy in the UK, where it has survived at Kew since 1927. It is also cultivated at the RBG Edinburgh, and as part of the NCCPG National Buddleja Collections at Longstock Park Nursery and The Lavender Garden, where it is still known (2012) by its old taxon B. nappii.
Hardiness: USDA zones 7–9. One notable cultivar of B. araucana is Buddleja 'Winter Sun'.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buddleja araucana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
