Butterfly Bush
Buddleja polystachya
Observed in a hedgerow southwest of Eldoret, Kenya, Africa. December 2012.
WOODY PERENNIAL / SHRUB: Stems woody below with a number of unbranched
stems surpassing 2 m.
FLOWERS: The flowers are small, tubular, four-lobed and creamy white in
color. Spike inflorescences at branch tips with flowers arranged into regular
clusters along the stem.
LEAVES: Leaves are elliptic with shiny green top surface and cottony
white undersurface.
RANGE: Highland areas of the Rift Valley in Kenya. Many species of Buddleja
from Asia, Africa and the Americas. This one did not appear to be attractive to
butterflies.
FRUIT: many seeds within each small capsule.
UNARMED.