OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Lantana depressa var. floridana   FAMILY Verbenaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lantana depressa var. floridana   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-05-001:

Lantana ovatifolia   FAMILY Verbenaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Florida Lantana, East Florida Lantana

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Lantana depressa var. floridana   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lantana depressa var. floridana   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-05-001:
 Lantana ovatifolia   FAMILY Verbenaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3980

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal strands, xeric hammocks, scrubby pine flatwoods, edges of brackish marshes, dunes; the AL, SC, and NC occurrences apparently introduced from FL, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Florida & extreme southeast GA (introduced in AL, NC, & SC)

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
Obscurely 2-4 lobed calyx
4-lobed salverform corolla
4 included stamens, attached to corolla tube

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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