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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lantana depressa var. floridana   FAMILY Verbenaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lantana depressa var. floridana   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lantana depressa var. floridana

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Lantana camara

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-05-001:

Lantana ovatifolia   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lantana ovatifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Florida Lantana, East Florida Lantana


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image of Lantana depressa var. floridana, Florida Lantana, East Florida Lantana

Keith Bradley    kab_l_depressa_flori_9275

July    Miami-Dade County    FL

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

A large bushy yellow-flowered shrub endemic Florida’s east coast, per The Lantana Mess, A Critical Look at the Genus in Florida (Hammer, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lantana depressa var. floridana   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lantana depressa var. floridana   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lantana depressa var. floridana

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Lantana camara

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-05-001:
Lantana ovatifolia   FAMILY Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lantana ovatifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3980

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal strands, xeric hammocks, scrubby pine flatwoods, edges of brackish marshes, dunes; the AL, SC, and NC occurrences apparently introduced from FL, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Florida & extreme southeast GA (introduced in AL, NC, & SC)

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
Obscurely 2-4 lobed calyx
4-lobed salverform corolla
4 included stamens, attached to corolla tube

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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