Buddleja candida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species:
B. candida
Binomial name
Buddleja candida

Buddleja candida is a small deciduous shrub widely distributed from north-east India through south east Xizang (Tibet) to the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan in western China, growing on forest edges, in mountain thickets, and along riverbanks, at altitudes of 10002500 m. Named and described by Dunn in 1920, the shrub was introduced to cultivation in the west in 1928.[1]

Leeuwenberg opined that the species needed further field study to confirm its specific distinction from B. nivea, to which it is very closely allied. Moreover, some herbaria specimens examined he considered possible hybrids of B. asiatica and B. macrostachya.[2]

Description

Buddleja candida grows to 12 m in height in the wild. The foliage is silvery-buff when juvenile, becoming glabrous and rugose with age, the leaves oblong with acuminate apices, 1224 cm long by 36 cm wide, with a 0.5 cm 1.0 cm petiole, the margins serrate to crenate. The violet inflorescences are pendulous terminal panicles comprising several interrupted spikey thyrsi, 820 cm by 311 cm, the corollas ca. 6  mm long, stellate tomentose outside. The shrub flowers from April to October.[3] Ploidy 2n = 76 (tetraploid).[4]

Cultivation

Buddleja candida remains rare in cultivation. In the UK, a specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG national collection at Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge, Hampshire. Hardiness: USDA zones 910.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Stuart, D. (2006). Buddlejas. RHS Plant Collector Guide. Timber Press, Oregon, USA. ISBN 978-0-88192-688-0
  2. Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. pp. 101 103. H. Veenman & Zonen, Wageningen, Nederland.
  3. Li, P. T. & Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1996). Loganiaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China, Vol. 15. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. ISBN 978-0915279371 online at www.efloras.org
  4. Chen, G, Sun, W-B, & Sun, H. (2007). Ploidy variation in Buddleja L. (Buddlejaceae) in the Sino - Himalayan region and its biogeographical implications. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2007, 154, 305312. The Linnean Society of London.
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