Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Genus
Buddleja L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Buddleja dysophylla (Benth.) Radlk., Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 8: 410 (1883) – as Buddleia dysophylla
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Nuxia dysophylla Benth., Companion Bot. Mag. 60 (1836)
  • ≡ Chilianthus dysophyllus (Benth.) Benth. (1846)
Vernacular Name(s):
white climbing-sage
 Description

Evergreen shrub, often semi-scrambling. Shoots angular, tomentose when young. Lvs opposite; petioles 1–2.5 cm long, tomentose. Lamina 4–10 × 2.5–6 cm, ovate, hairy above, densely greyish or pale brown stellate-tomentose below, coarsely and irregularly dentate; base broadly subcordate or cordate, forming a narrow petiolar wing; apex obtuse. Panicles broad-pyramidal, loose, composed of many small, densely tomentose cymes. Fls shortly pedicellate. Calyx densely tomentose; lobes broad-ovate, obtuse, ± imbricate, c. 1 mm long. Corolla c. 4 mm long, pale mauve or whitish; tube sparsely or moderately hairy outside, orange within; lobes = or slightly > tube, from ± oblong to suborbicular, reflexed. Stamens inserted near top of tube; filaments slender, 3–4 mm long; anthers small, well-exserted. Style c. 2 mm long; stigma ± capitate. Ovary tomentose. Fr. not seen.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: May–Jul.

 Bibliography
Bentham, G. 1836: Observations on some new, or little known genera and species of Scrophulariaceae. Companion to the Botanical Magazine (2): 53–60.
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Radlkofer, L. 1884: Ein beitrag zur africanischen flora. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen 8: 369–442.
Wilcox, M.D. 2012: Auckland's Remarkable Urban Forest. Auckland Botanical Society Bulletin 29: [1]–[348].