Lantana is a large plant life genus with about 150 species of bloom industrial plant , which are perennial and native to the West Indies , according to the University of Florida . Lantanas are grown for their attractive clusters of small , varicoloured or single - colored flowers and for their medicinal usance . Some mintage can reach 6 feet in summit , while others are low - growing ground cover version . Flowers on many specie vary gloss as they mature , becoming dark with age .

Florida Native Lantana

The country of Florida has a aboriginal specie of Lantana called Lantana depressa , or Au Lantana , which is classified as endangered . This rare works is a creeping ground cover with lily-livered bloom clustering and is aboriginal to the southern Florida county of Miami - Dade . This Lantana has become threatened due to many years of acres clarification , road construction and development of cities and suburbs .

Lantana Camara

This specie is almost too easy to produce – it has escaped culture and has become encroaching in California , Florida , Hawaii , China , New Zealand and Australia , according to the University of Florida . The blossom of this rampant works are strange because several different colors survive in the same flower clustering – you will often see a combination of small chickenhearted , orange and reddened flowers on the same flora . The flowers go forth as yellow and then darken with historic period , becoming orangish and red . If they are pollinated , they then dismiss to the priming coat and the plant forms small black berries that hold legion tiny seeds that hiss often eat and then help spread through their feces . Lantana camara is a serious Mary Jane in Florida ’s orange orchard .

Lantana Montevidensis

Of the more than 100 species of Lantana , not all are considered invasive . If you ’d like a passably lavender Lantana , try the Montevidensis coinage , which is also called weeping Lantana and trailing Lantana . It is aboriginal to South America and forms a woody shrub that make only about 2 feet in height . It do as a perennial in area that have no rime but you’re able to grow it as an yearbook in other climate zones . It has not proven to be encroaching .

Lantana Involucrata

This Lantana is also known as button salvia and has the same typical clusters of flowers as other Lantanas , but on this plant they begin white and then melt to lavender . It has many branches and grows to about 3 foot in height . Lantana involucrata is native to Florida , Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands .

Hybrid Lantanas

Pink Caprice Lantana has white or pale chicken flowers that fade to pink . It ’s a good flora to acquire if you want to attract butterflies to your garden . Bandana is a hybrid of Lantana camara that has white-livered and crimson flowers . Other Camara hybrids let in : Goldsonne , which lark about all - xanthous blooms ; Confetti , which has pinkish and yellow flowers ; Patriot , which has pinkish and yellowish blossoms ; Samantha , whose flowers are all yellow ; and Tiddlywinks , with orangish and yellow salad days .

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