Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read about the confusion of rare natives with a poisonous invasive in "The Lantana Mess, A Critical Look at the Genus in Florida".
Read more about Lantana at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Lantana strigocamara
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lantana camara
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-05-002:
Lantana camara
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lantana camara
COMMON NAME:
Common Lantana, Hedgeflower
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Keith Bradley kab_lantana_camara_76996
July Miami-Dade County FL
Flat, compact, 1" clusters of small variously-colored flowers, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
Keith Bradley kab_lantana_camara_77034
July Miami-Dade County FL
This is probably Africa's most widespread terrestrial invasive plant, per BioNET-EAFRINET.
Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org bug_5286006
Month Unknown HI
Notoriously poisonous and deaths have been reported throughout its range, per The Lantana Mess, A Critical Look at the Genus in Florida (Hammer, 2004).
Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org bug_5286041
Month Unknown
In some African countries, possession can result in fines, jail & beatings, per The Lantana Mess, A Critical Look at the Genus in Florida (Hammer, 2004).
Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org bug_5287071
Month Unknown
The leaves are pointed ovals w teeth along the leaf edges & a rough surface, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org bug_5489116
Month Unknown
Shiny green-black fruits form throughout the year & are dispursed by birds, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.