Escobilla Butterflybush

Description

B. scordioides is a weedy dioecious shrub 0.3 - 1.2 m tall with shredding bark. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, bearing small oblong to linear membranaceous grayish-green leaves 1 - 3 cm long by 0.3 - 0.8 cm wide, rugose above, and tomentose on both surfaces. The sage - scented lemon - yellow leafy inflorescences are 2 - 10 cm long, comprising 3 - 15 pairs of sessile clusters, each with 15 - 20 flowers, the corollas 1.5 - 2 mm long. Ploidy: 2n = 38.