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Buddleja fragifera

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Madagascar
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Buddleja fragifera is a rare evergreen shrub endemic to the southern tip of Madagascar, where it grows amongst scrub near the coast. The species was first named and described by Leeuwenberg in 1975.

Where it grows

Buddlejea fragifera is native to southern and southwestern Madagascar, where it is found near the coast in Anosy and Androy regions (formerly Toliara Province) from sea level up to 200 meters elevation. It is known from only five widely-scatterered locations.

Other Buddleja plants

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 fragifera 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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