Lantana peduncularis Andersson
Galápagos lantana
Galápagos lantana is native to the Galápagos Islands. It is threatened by Lantana camara, which is invasive and nonnative to the Galápagos.
Plants: Perennial evergreen shrubs are up to 6½′ (2 m) tall, with hairy stems.
Leaves: Ovate to ovate lanceolate to elliptic, yellowish green, leathery, tapering to a sharp tip. Each leaf has crenate, sometimes wavy edges, and hairy surfaces. Leaves are up to 2½″ long ⨉ 1½″ wide" (7 ⨉ 4 cm). Plants are drought deciduous, dropping the leaves during the dry season to conserve water.
Flowers: Inflorescences are dome shaped, and about ~5/16″ (8–9 mm) long. Each flower is white, with a yellow center, and about ¼″ (6.3 mm) in diameter. They have five fused, rounded petals, with the outward-facing petal almost twice the length of the others.
Fruits: Roundish and drupelike. They often separate into two sections, each with a seed.
Habitats: On Fernandina, Isabela, Pinta, Marchena, Genovesa, Santiago, Rabida, Pinzon, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, San Cristóbal, Floreana, and Espanola, with unconfirmed reports on Beagle Crater islets, Crossman South, Mao, Ayora and Gardner-by-Floreana. It occurs at elevations below 4265′ (1.3 km).
Online References:
References:
McMullen, Conley K., Flowering Plants of the Galápagos, Comstock Publishing Associates, 1999, p. 158
3/31/2025 · Puerto Egas, Santiago, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador · By Heather Kent and Kathryn Morgis 
3/31/2025 · Puerto Egas, Santiago, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.5 cm) 
3/31/2025 · Puerto Egas, Santiago, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador · By Heather Kent 
1/5/2026 · Cruise Line Photos, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador 
3/31/2025 · Puerto Egas, Santiago, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9 cm) 
3/31/2025 · Puerto Egas, Santiago, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador · ≈ 9 × 6″ (21 × 14 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Verbenaceae | Verbena (vervain) family, about 3,000 species |
| Genus | Lantana | Latin for “viburnum,” whose flowers look somewhat similar |
| Species | peduncularis | “Supported by a stalk” |
Lantana peduncularis description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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