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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lantana urticoides
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Texas Lantana at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lantana urticoides
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lantana urticoides
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-05-003:
Lantana horrida FAMILY Verbenaceae
COMMON NAME:
Texas Lantana, Hierba De Cristo, West Indies Shrub-verbena
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lantana urticoides
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lantana urticoides
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lantana urticoides
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-05-003:
Lantana horrida
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
4313
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed and brackish areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Texas & the West Indies
Rare
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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 armed with recurved prickles on the angles
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
Margins serrate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Orange/Yellow/Red
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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