Buddleja madagascariensis

Buddleja madagascariensis

''Buddleja madagascariensis'', also known as smokebush, is an evergreen shrub or climbing vine endemic to Madagascar, where it grows amongst scrub on mountain slopes to elevations of 600–2,000 metres . The species was first named and described by Lamarck in 1792, and introduced to cultivation in 1827. Popular around the world as an ornamental, ''B. madagascariensis'' has widely naturalized and is now classified as an invasive species in Hawaii and New Zealand ; it can also be found growing wild in southern China, and along the Mediterranean coast of France.

The shrub was accorded the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2002.
Life and death I don't know the flower's specie name, but found it interesting to see a dead one and a vividly alive one so close to each other. This flower was found on the edge of Lake Tritriva, a crater lake in Madagascar. Buddleja madagascariensis,Geotagged,Lake Tritriva,Madagascar

Appearance

''Buddleja madagascariensis'' makes a sparse, lax shrub < 4 metres in height. The leaves are opposite, narrowly ovate,

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderLamiales
FamilyScrophulariaceae
GenusBuddleja
SpeciesB. madagascariensis
Photographed in
Madagascar