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Buddleja globosa
Also called Orange Ball Buddleia
A large evergreen-to-semi-evergreen shrub or small tree from Chile and Argentina, grown for its honey-scented, deep-yellow to orange globe flowers. Full sun and well-drained soil are the keys to growing it well.
Buddleja globosa, also known as the orange-ball-tree, orange ball buddleja, and matico, is a species of flowering plant native to Chile and Argentina, where it grows in dry and moist forest, from sea level to 2,000 m. The species was first described and named by Hope in 1782.
Buddleja globosa was first introduced to the United Kingdom from Chile in 1774, and is now commonly grown as an ornamental and landscape shrub in temperate regions. Unlike B. davidii, introduced over a century later, B. globosa is not invasive owing to its wingless seeds. Hardiness: USDA zones 5–9, RHS H5.
The plant was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (record 687) in 1993.
Folk medicine attributes to B. globosa wound healing properties, and the infusion of the leaves is used topically for the treatment of wounds, burns and external and internal ulcers. Chemical studies of this species have allowed to isolate glycosidic flavonoids, phenylethanoids including verbascoside, iridoids, triterpenoids, and sesquiterpenoids.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buddleja globosa 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.
