| 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, 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. | |