Buddleja crispa Benth.

 
  • Family : BUDDLEJACEAE
    (Butterfly-Bush Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BUDDLEJA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Scrophulariaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Buddleja agathosma Diels; Buddleja crispa var. amplexicaulis Z.Y.Zhang; Buddleja crispa var. glandulifera (Marquand) S.Y.Bao; Buddleja farreri Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.; Buddleja hastata Prain ex Marquand; Buddleja praecox Lingelsh.; Buddleja sterniana Cotton; Buddleja tibetica W.W.Sm.; Buddleja truncata L.F.Gagnep.; Buddleja truncatifolia H.Lév.; Buddleja whitei Kraenzl.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Buddleja crispa Benth.
  • Common name : Himalayan Butterfly Bush
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Dry river bottoms, slopes with boulders, exposed cliffs, amongst scrub in blue pine forest, thickets; 1400 - 4300 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Leaves broadly rounded or cordate at base, thickly woolly-tomentose on both surfaces; flowers sometimes appearing before leaves
  • Flower, Fruit : February-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Iran to China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu) and North India
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 175
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1080-1081
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Buddleja crispa. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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