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Buddleja diffusa

Buddleja diffusa
Photo: Hipólito Ruiz López & José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Public domain
Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Native range
C. Peru to NW. Argentina
Climate
subtropical

About

Buddleja diffusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to central Peru and northern Argentina, growing on dry hillsides above rivers and creeks at altitudes of 1000–1900 m; it was first described and named by Ruiz and Pavon in 1798.

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Buddleja acuminata · Himalayan Butterfly Bush · Buddleja alata · Buddleja albiflora · Fountain butterflybush · Buddleja americana · Buddleja anchoensis · Buddleja araucana · Buddleja aromatica · Dogtail · Weeping Sagewood · Buddleja axillaris

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buddleja diffusa 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.

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