| Dicotyledon | Literature for Buddleja asiatica
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Buddleiaceae | Bibliography |
| Buddleja asiatica | |
Common name(s): butterfly bush, dog tail, huelo`ilio |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native from western Pakistan and central India to southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, and the Mariana Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Shrubs or sometimes small trees 1-7 m tall; stems densely appressed pubescent when young. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves opposite, becoming alternate above, oblong to ovate or lanceolate, 4-30 cm long, 0.7-7 cm wide, usually glabrous, occasionally densely pubescent, margins remotely serrate-dentate to subentire, petioles 0.7-1 cm long, connected by an inconspicuous stipular line. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers in terminal and axillary, thyrsoid or spiciform cymes; calyx campanulate, 2-4.5 mm long, cleft 1/3-1/2 its length, ± densely tomentose; corolla white, sometimes pale purple or greenish, 3.5-6 mm long, the lobes 1-1.5 mm long, stellate pubescent externally and woolly pubescent in the tube; ovary glabrous. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit a dry, dehiscent capsule, ovoid to oblong-ovoid, somewhat flattened, 3-5 mm long. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm long, both ends with a short wing. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 30, 38 |
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