Texas Wildbuds
Lantana montevidensis
(Trailing Lantana)
Lantana montevidensis, Mayfield Park, Austin, Travis Co. 1921
Lantana montevidensis, Mayfield Park, Austin, Travis Co. 1915
Lantana montevidensis, Mayfield Park, Austin, Travis Co. 1912
| Scientific Name | Lantana montevidensis | USDA PLANTS Symbol | LAMO2 |
| Common Name | Trailing Shrub-verbena, Trailing Lantana | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32181 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Roadsides, fencerows, waste areas; garden escapee, introduced from South America. Plant: Low-growing perennial shrub with trailing, much-branched, vine-like stems up to 40 inches long forming dense mats; rooting at nodes. Leaves: Opposite, ovate to lanceolate 3/8 to 1-1/4 inches long, with toothed edges; hairy surfaces and rough to touch. Inflorescence: Small flowers in clusters about 1-inch across on long peduncles; corollas with 4 or 5 irregular lobes, magenta or lilac to rose or purple with a white center, about 1/2-inch long; outer bracts or scales of the involucre broadly ovate and hairy and less than half as long as the corolla tube. Bloom Period: February to June. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and University of California, Irvine. |
BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key | Texas Status: Introduced |
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