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Buddleja dysophylla is a straggling or scrambling shrub from southern Africa, usually 1 to 10 m tall, that grows at forest edges and in scrub. It is seldom grown on purpose, so its care is based on general knowledge of the genus.
Buddleja dysophylla is a species endemic to southern Africa, from Zaire and Tanzania south to Malawi, and from the Transvaal to Eastern Cape Province, where it grows along forest edges or in scrub at elevations of 0–2,600 m. The species was named and described in 1883 by Radlkofer.
Buddleja dysophylla is only known to be in cultivation in Australia, at Longueville, and at the City Botanic Gardens, where it flowers in August. It has also naturalized in the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buddleja dysophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
