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Buddleja megalocephala

Buddleja megalocephala
Photo: Ptelea, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Guatemala
Climate
wet tropical

About

Buddleja megalocephala is a species endemic to Guatemala, in the Central Highlands, the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, and Mt. Tacana on the border with Mexico, where it grows in open areas associated with evergreen cloud forest at elevations of 2700 – 4,000 m. The species was first named and described by Smith in 1897.

How to grow it

The tree is in commerce in the UK; suppliers can be found in the RHS Plantfinder.

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 megalocephala 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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