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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lantana depressa var. floridana
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about the confusion of rare natives with a poisonous invasive in "The Lantana Mess, A Critical Look at the Genus in Florida".
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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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
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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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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