Buddleja coriacea is a variable species endemic to the high Andes from the Cordillera Blanca in Peru to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It is also native to Ecuador. It grows on dry to semi-humid rocky soils at elevations of 3,000–4,350 m, where temperatures range from −3° to 15° C. and the winds are both strong and persistent. The species was first named and described by Rémy in 1847.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Colle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Species
- Buddleja coriacea
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