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Buddleja pichinchensis

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Colombia to Ecuador
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Buddleja pichinchensis is endemic to the southern Cordillera Central of Colombia and the northern and central highlands of Ecuador, where it grows with Escallonia in páramo and subparamo regions at altitudes of 3,300 – 4,200 m. The species was first named and described by Kunth in 1818.

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The species was briefly in commerce in the UK (Fillpots Nursery, Colchester) circa 2003, and some specimens may survive there.

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 pichinchensis 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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