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Lantana camara L.

Lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassAsteridaeA large class that encompasses asters
OrderLamialesAromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary
FamilyVerbenaceaeVerbena (vervain) family, about 3,000 species
GenusLantanaLatin for “viburnum,” whose flowers look somewhat similar
SpeciescamaraA South American vernacular name for lantana

About plant names...

Lantana is native to Mexico, parts of the Caribbean, Central America, Venezuela, and Colombia. It has been introduced as an ornamental plant to many other tropical and subtropical areas of the world, where it has become naturalized and, often, invasive. There are many cultivars.

Identification: Plants are evergreen shrubs, 3-4′ (91-121 cm) high (rarely up to 6′ (1.8 m)) and 1-3′ (30-91 cm) around, able to grow higher still by clambering over other plants. Leaves are opposite, 2-5″ (5-12 cm) × 1-2″ (2.5-5 cm), rough-surfaced, ovate, with crenate edges. Stems and leaves are hairy. When crushed, they emit an unpleasant odor, likened, among other undesirable odors, to cat urine. Flowers form hemispherical umbels 1-2″ (2.5-5 cm) in size. Each umbel is composed of flowers that are ¼-⅜″ (6.3-9.5 mm) around, 5-petaled, held in neat, crowded, undeniably beautiful arrays. Making them even more attractive is their spectrum of colors, ranging from whites to yellows to pinks to oranges to reds to purples, mixed within even single umbels and changing in color as they age. They bloom from July to first frost, nearly continuously in frost-free areas. Fruits are purple-black drupes (berries), ~3/16″ (5-6 mm) in size.

Edibility: Poisonous Skull & Crossbones Foliage is poisonous to people, as well as to grazing animals. It contains alkaloids, called pentacyclic triterpenoids, that cause liver damage and photosensitivity. Berries are edible when ripe; poisonous when unripe.

Online References:

Floridata.com

The Missouri Botanical Garden

Florida Nature

Www.carolinanature.com

Hawaiian Plants and Tropical Flowers

Www.tropical-biology.org

Lantana aculeata L.

Lantana camara L. var. aculeata (L.) Moldenke

Lantana camara L. var. flava (Medik.) Moldenke

Lantana camara L. var. hybrida (Neubert) Moldenke

Lantana camara L. var. mista (L.) L.H. Bailey

Lantana camara L. var. mutabilis (Hook.) L.H. Bailey

Lantana camara L. var. nivea (Vent.) L.H. Bailey

Lantana camara L. var. sanguinea (Medik.) L.H. Bailey

Lantana strigocamara R.W. Sanders

Lantana tiliifolia auct. non Cham.

 

Lantana camara description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

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Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/16/2009 · Joan & Jim’s, Mansfield, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (16 × 11 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

5/24/2009 · Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Ari­zona · ≈ 4 × 2½″ (10 × 7 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

4/10/2015 · Big Cypress National Preserve Visitor Center, Florida · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm)

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

5/24/2009 · Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Ari­zona · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/16/2009 · Joan & Jim’s, Mansfield, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 19 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 12 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 2½ × 1½′ (79 × 53 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

5/6/2014 · American Southwest (AZ or TX) · By Jacquelyn Boyt

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 12 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

5/25/2009 · Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Ari­zona · ≈ 4 × 2½″ (10 × 7 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/29/2010 · Public Garden, Mansfield, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 2 × 1′ (62 × 41 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

4/10/2015 · Big Cypress National Preserve Visitor Center, Florida · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (47 × 31 cm)

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

4/10/2015 · Big Cypress National Preserve Visitor Center, Florida · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm)

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/16/2009 · Joan & Jim’s, Mansfield, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 12 cm) ID is uncertain

Lantana camara (lantana, largeleaf lantana, common lantana, kamara lantana, wild sage, red sage, yellow sage, white sage, shrub verbena)

Can anybody identify the moth? · 8/31/2013 · Butterflies Live! Exhibiit, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm) ID is uncertain

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