Buddleja candida
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| Buddleja candida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. candida |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja candida | |
Buddleja candida is a small deciduous shrub widely distributed from north-east India through south east Xizang (Tibet) to the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan in western China, growing on forest edges, in mountain thickets, and along riverbanks, at altitudes of 1000–2500 m. Named and described by Dunn in 1920, the shrub was introduced to cultivation in the west in 1928.[1]
Leeuwenberg opined that the species needed further field study to confirm its specific distinction from B. nivea, to which it is very closely allied. Moreover, some herbaria specimens examined he considered possible hybrids of B. asiatica and B. macrostachya.[2]