''Buddleja cuneata'' is a rare species endemic only to the southern plateau of Brazil, where it grows in dry and rocky fields from Paraná to

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. The species was first described and named by Chamisso in 1833.Chamisso, A. von (1833). ''Linnaea'' 8: 17–18, 1833Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. ''Flora Neotropica 81''. New York Botanical Garden, USA

Description

''Buddleja cuneata'' is a

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shrub < 2 m high, with brown bark longitudinally fissured. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose. The leaves are obovate to elliptic, 3–5 cm long by 1.5–2.5 cm wide, with a

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upper surface, tomentose below. The white to cream inflorescences are 4–10 cm long by 1.5–3 cm wide on one or two orders of branches, comprising sessile or short-pedunculate paired heads 1 cm in diameter, each with 6–9 flowers; the

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tubes are 4–4.5 mm long.

Cultivation

The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.

References

cuneata Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of the Atlantic Forest Taxa named by Adelbert von Chamisso Dioecious plants {{Scrophulariaceae-stub