''Buddleja hieronymi'' is a species endemic to southern
Bolivia and northern
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
first described and named by
Fries
French fries (North American English), chips (British English), finger chips ( Indian English), french-fried potatoes, or simply fries, are '' batonnet'' or ''allumette''-cut deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin from Belgium and France. Th ...
in 1905.
[Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. ''Flora Neotropica 81''. New York Botanical Garden, USA][Fries, R. E. (1905). ''Nova Actae Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal.'' ser. 4, 1: 117 - 118, t6, f13]
Description
''Buddleja hieronymi'' is a
dioecious shrub 1 – 1.5 m high with greyish rimose bark. The old naked branches often persist, while the youngest branches are
tomentulose, bearing small
oblong
An oblong is a non-square rectangle.
Oblong may also refer to:
Places
* Oblong, Illinois, a village in the United States
* Oblong Township, Crawford County, Illinois, United States
* A strip of land on the New York-Connecticut border in the Unit ...
subsessile leaves 0.5 – 3 cm long by 0.4 – 1 cm wide,
membranaceous or
subcoriaceous, tomentulose to
glabrescent
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above, and
tomentose
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below. The yellowish-white
inflorescence
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comprises one globose head 0.5 – 0.7 cm in diameter formed by 6 – 9 flowers, with occasionally a pair of smaller heads below. The tubular
corolla is 2.5 – 3 mm long.
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Cultivation
The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.
References
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hieronymi
Flora of Argentina
Flora of Bolivia
Flora of South America
Dioecious plants