Scientific Name: Lantana camara (incl. hybrid cvs.)
Common Name: lantana
Family Name: Verbenaceae
Origin: Central America, South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (grown as), Broadleaf evergreen, Flowering pot plant
Mature Size: 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Open, Twiggy, Upright
Form: Oval - vertical, Round
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Attract butterflies, Container planting, Hanging basket, Indoor plant, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Heavily veined, Rugose, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Dentate
Flowers: Umbel, White, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Berry (true), Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green, Black, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, ovate, most 3-8 cm long x 2-5 cm wide, serrate, texture very rough, sandpapery, with short hairs, and have a strong grapefruit scent when crushed; umbels 3-7cm wide, multi-coloured, and the florets appear like a pile of Chiclets or very large cake sprinkles about 7 mm wide.