''Buddleja chapalana'' is a rare species endemicity, endemic to the rocky cliffs bordering the northern and western shores of Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. The shrub grows in shade amidst deciduous woodland at an altitude of 1750–2500 m. ''B. chapalana'' was first described and named by Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Robinson in 1891.Robinson, B. L. (1891). ''Proc. Am. Acad. Arts'' 26: 169. 1891Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. ''Flora Neotropica 81''. New York Botanical Garden, USA

Description

''Buddleja chapalana'' is a small dioecious shrub 0.3 – 2.5 m high, with light grey-brown rimose bark. The young branches are terete, woolly and floccose, bearing thin, membranaceous Sessility (botany), sessile Leaf shape, rhomboid leaves, 3–7.5 cm long by 1.5–3.5 cm wide, woolly and floccose on both surfaces. The yellow inflorescences are 3–10 cm long, comprising 3–6 pairs of globose heads around 1 cm in diameter subtended by small leaves, each head with 15–20 flowers; the corolla (flower), corolla tubes are 2–2.5 mm long.

Cultivation

The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4984436 Buddleja, chapalana Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America Dioecious plants