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	B. caryopteridifolia inflorescence. (The Buddleja Garden)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Scrophulariaceae
Genus:	Buddleja
Species:	B. caryopteridifolia
Binomial name
	Buddleja caryopteridifolia; W. W. Sm.
Synonyms
	Buddleja crispa Benth.; Buddleja acosma C. Marquand; Buddleja eremophilia W.W. Sm.; Buddleja caryopteridifolia var. eremophilia W.W. Sm.; Buddleja caryopteridifolia var. fasciculiflora Z.Y.Zhang.; Buddleja caryopteridifolia var lanuginosa C. Marquand; Buddleja incompta W.W. Sm.;

Buddleja caryopteridifolia is a small deciduous shrub. Discovered by George Forrest in open situations at 10,00ft on the Tong Shan in the Yangtze river bend, China (1913). Described by William Wright Smith in 1914.^[1].

Resembling B. crispa and hence sunk under this name by Leeuwenberg ^[2], although it is recognised in horticulture as a separate species^[3].

Description

B. caryopteridifolia grows to two metres in height in the wild and has small upright terminal panicles with relatively few flowers. The colour of the sweetly scented flowers is generally pink-purple, which appear in spring or late summer. The grey-green lanceolate leaves are less tomentose than B. crispa, usually with irregular toothed margins although the commonly cultivated form has smooth margins. Most leaves are opposite but occasionally shoots are produced with some alternate leaves. The foliage resembles that of several species of the Caryopteris genus for which it is named.

Cultivation

B. caryopteris is fairly hardy in the UK, but looses all its leaves in winter. Relatively common in cultivation in the UK, specimens are grown as part of the NCCPG national collections at The Lavender Garden and The Longstock Nursery. The origin of the cultivated form is unknown.

References

^ Smith W.W. (1914). Notes Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh 8: 179.
^ Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen, Nederland.
^ Stuart, D. (2006). Buddlejas. RHS Plant Collector Guide. Timber Press, Oregon, USA. ISBN 978-0-88192-688-0

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[Smith-1] Smith W.W. (1914). Notes Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh 8: 179.

[Leeuwenberg-2] Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen, Nederland.

[Stuart-3] Stuart, D. (2006). Buddlejas. RHS Plant Collector Guide. Timber Press, Oregon, USA. ISBN 978-0-88192-688-0

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