Buddleja nivea reaches 1 – 3 m high, and is chiefly distinguished by the dense white indumentum covering the branchlets, calyxes, and undersides of the leaves.
The lanceolate leaves are of variable size, 6 – 22  cm long by 1.5 – 11  cm wide; they are acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, and very coarsely toothed except at the apex.
The insignificant, faintly-scented flowers have short corollas 6 – 8  mm long, with only the erect lobes visible above the indumentum.
The flowers range in colour from pink to purple, and are arranged as narrow terminal panicles, < 25  cm long, appearing in summer.
B.nivea is generally hexaploid (chromosome number 2n = 114), although plants identified as B.macrostachya may be hexaploid  or dodecaploid (2n=228).
Buddleja nivea reaches 1 – 3 m high, and is chiefly distinguished by the dense white indumentum covering the branchlets, calyxes, and undersides of the leaves. The lanceolate leaves are of variable size, 6 – 22  cm long by 1.5 – 11  cm wide; they are acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, and very coarsely toothed except at the apex. The insignificant, faintly-scented flowers have short corollas 6 – 8  mm long, with only the erect lobes visible above the indumentum. The flowers range in colour from pink to purple, and are arranged as narrow terminal panicles, < 25  cm long, appearing in summer. B.nivea is generally hexaploid (chromosome number 2n = 114), although plants identified as B.macrostachya may be hexaploid  or dodecaploid (2n=228).
Buddleja nivea