Buddleja globosa, also known as the orange-ball-tree,[1] orange ball buddleja, and matico, is a species of flowering plant endemic to Chile and Argentina, where it grows in dry and moist forest, from sea level to 2,000 m.[2] The species was first described and named by Hope in 1782.

The deep-yellow to orange leafy-bracted inflorescences comprise one terminal and < 7 pairs of pedunculate globose heads, 1.2–2.8 cm in diameter, each with 30–50 flowers, heavily honey-scented.

[2] Buddleja globosa was first introduced to the United Kingdom from Chile in 1774, and is now commonly grown as an ornamental and landscape shrub in temperate regions.

magnifica by van de Weyer at Corfe Castle, England, during the First World War, the first cross between an Asiatic and an American species.

Chemical studies of this species have allowed to isolate glycosidic flavonoids,[6] phenylethanoids including verbascoside,[7] iridoids,[8] triterpenoids,[9] and sesquiterpenoids.