Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas but exist as an introduced species in nume
Lantana Flower Leaves
Lantana Violet color from Arecode, Kerala, India
Yellow color Lantana flower from Neeleswaram, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Lantana overgrowing an abandoned plantation in Sdei Hemed, Israel
Lantana camara is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, native to the tropics of the Americas. It is a very adaptable species, which can inhabit a wide variety of ecosystems; once it has
Lantana
…Wallabia bicolor) is one of the few mammals that eat lantana leaves without apparent ill effect. Lantanas are useful as honey plants, and Spanish flag (L. camara), L. lilacina and L. trifolia are sometimes planted for this purpose, or in butterfly gardening. Butterflies which are attracted to lantana flowers are…
Trunk of an old, large specimen
Yellowish flowers are newly opened; magenta flowers are older and have been triggered by pollination to produce more anthocyanins
Scarlet flowers on branch in Costa Rica