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|accepted_name=Buddleja sessiliflora
|accepted_authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=2(fol.): 278; 2(qto.): 345; plate 182. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|common_names=Rio Grande butterfly bush
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Buddleja pringlei
|authority=A. Gray
}}
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Buddleja;Buddleja sessiliflora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Buddleja]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Buddleja sessiliflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 328
|treatment_page=page 331
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 15–40 dm. <b>Stems</b> much-branched, tomentose when young. <b>Leaves</b>: basal: stipular lines evident; petiole 10–40 mm; blade ovate, 9–23 × 5–14 cm, base attenuate to obtuse, decurrent, margins serrate or double-serrate, apex acute or acuminate, abaxial surface tomentulose, adaxial glabrate; cauline: stipular lines evident; petiole 0–10 mm; blade lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 5–15 × 1.5–3 cm, base attenuate, decurrent, margins entire or irregularly serrate, apex acute, abaxial surface tomentulose, adaxial glabrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, pseudoverticillate spikes, 6–25 × 1–3 cm, cymes 5–20 pairs, 10–35-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> absent; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> malodorous; calyx tomentose externally, tube 1.7–3 mm, lobes 1–1.8 mm; corolla yellow, funnelform, tube 3.2–4.2 mm, lobes ovate, 1–1.5 × 1.2–1.7 mm; stamens inserted 1 mm proximal to orifice of corolla tube, included in tube; ovary ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, distal 1/2 tomentose; stigma clavate, 1.2–1.4 mm. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, brown, cylindric, 4–4.5 × 1.7–2 mm, tomentose at apex, dehiscence septicidal and loculicidal. <b>Seeds</b> fusiform, 0.8–1.2 × 0.3–0.4 mm, wings short. <b>2n</b> = 76.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–Apr; fruiting Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Tamaulipan thorn scrub, riparian woodlands, roadsides.
|elevation=10–1400 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Tex.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p><i>Buddleja sessiliflora</i> is found in association with Dodonaea viscosa, Fouquieria splendens, and Parkinsonia aculeata in Arizona and with <i>Celtis laevigata</i>, Fraxinus berlandieriana, and Prosopis glandulosa in southernmost Texas. It is widespread in Mexico from Sonora and Tamaulipas to the Isthmus de Tehuantepec, except in the Chihuahuan Desert, at elevations to 2800 m.</p>
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name=Buddleja sessiliflora
|author=
|authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Buddleja pringlei
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–Apr; fruiting Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Tamaulipan thorn scrub, riparian woodlands, roadsides.
|elevation=10–1400 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Tex.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication year=1818
|special status=
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|genus=Buddleja
|species=Buddleja sessiliflora
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