Key to Buddleja
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(For a list of species in Buddleja, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1' Plant densely hairy only on
abaxial leaf 
Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).
surfaces; inflorescence
cylindric 
Elongate, with parallel sides and, at any point, round in transverse section.
or wide-spreading, panicle-like
2. Leaf lanceolate 
Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip.
, 5–30 cm;
corolla lilac to purple;
stamens included 
Not protruding out of surrounding structure(s) (e.g., stamens included in corolla).
within corolla
tube ..... B. davidii 2' Leaf
linear 
Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.
to
oblong 
Longer than wide, with nearly parallel sides; wider than linear.
, 1.5–10 cm; corolla white or cream; stamens
exserted 
Protruding out of surrounding structure(s) (e.g., stamens exserted from corolla).
from corolla tube
..... B. saligna
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