About Buddleja scordioides Kunth
Buddleja scordioides Kunth is a weedy, dioecious shrub that grows 0.3 to 1.2 meters tall, and has shredding bark. Its young branches are subquadrangular and covered in tomentum, and bear small oblong to linear membranaceous grayish-green leaves. The leaves measure 1 to 3 centimeters long by 0.3 to 0.8 centimeters wide, are rugose on the upper surface, and are covered in tomentum on both surfaces. Its sage-scented, lemon-yellow, leafy inflorescences are 2 to 10 centimeters long, made up of 3 to 15 pairs of sessile flower clusters. Each cluster holds 15 to 20 flowers, with corollas 1.5 to 2 millimeters long. The ploidy of this species is 2n = 38. This species is not known to be in cultivation.
