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Buddleja scordioides (Escobilla butterfly-bush; escobilla butterflybush)

Synonyms: Buddleja scordioides var. capitata

Wikipedia Abstract

Buddleja scordioides is endemic to central Arizona, southeastern New Mexico, southwestern Texas, and the Chihuahua Desert of Mexico, growing amidst xeric thorn-scrub on alkaline soils at elevations of 600 – 2,500 m. The species was first named and described by Kunth in 1818.
View Wikipedia Record: Buddleja scordioides

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Predators

Melanoplus desultorius[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Feeding patterns in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae): factors influencing diet specialization, Joern, A. 1979. Oecologia 38: 325-347
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0