Vasilis Teodoridis:
Loganiaceae | Buddleja
6. Buddleja lindleyana Fortune in Lindley; Bot. Reg. 30 (Misc.): 25. 1844.
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Adenoplea lindleyana (Fortune) Small; Buddleja lindleyana var. sinuatodentata Hemsley.
Shrubs 1--3 m tall; young branchlets; leaves abaxially; petioles; and inflorescences densely rusty pubescent with stellate and/or glandular hairs. Stems brown; branchlets quadrangular to subquadrangular. Stipules absent. Petiole 1--7 mm; leaf blade ovate to elliptic or narrowly so; 3--11 X 1--5 cm; membranous when dry; adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent; base cuneate; margin entire to coarsely sinuate-dentate; apex acuminate; lateral veins 6--8 pairs and conspicuous. Inflorescences terminal; spicate cymes; 4--20 X 2--4 cm; lower bracts leafy; often linear; 1--10 mm. Calyx campanulate to urceolate; 2--4 mm; lobes broadly triangular; 0.2--1 X 0.5--1 mm; outside densely pubescent with glandular and often also with some stellate hairs. Corolla purple; 1.3--2 cm; tube 1.1--1.7 cm; curved below middle; apically 2.5--4 mm in diam.; basally 1--1.5 mm wide; outside pubescent with glandular and often also with some stellate hairs; lobes suborbicular; 2--3.5 X 2--3 mm. Stamens inserted at or near base of corolla tube; anthers oblong to ovate. Pistil glabrous. Ovary ovoid; 1.5--2.2 mm. Stigma clavate. Capsules ellipsoid; 4--6 X 1.5--2 mm; glandular-pubescent or less often glabrous. Seeds pale brown; obliquely tetrahedral; narrowly winged at edges. Fl. Apr-Oct; fr. Apr of following year.
* Mountains beside trails; scrub by streams; forest edges; 200-2700 m. Anhui; Fujian. Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang.