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Verbenaceae - Vervain family

Texas Lantana (Calico Bush, Shrub Verbena) Lantana urticoides  (L. horrida)

Flower cluster 1"-1 1/2" wide.  Flower opens as yellow then changes to orange and red as it ages.  A trailing, mound-shaped bush, 1-3 feet tall with some varieties to 6 feet tall. Leaves are prickly.  Fruit is a black drupe that is eaten by many birds.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April-June 2005

(Native of Texas)

 

 

  

 

Verbenaceae - Vervain family

West Indian Lantana Lantana camara

Flower cluster 1"-2" wide.  Flower color is highly variable, cream to yellow to pink to lavender.  This is a mound-shaped bush, 6 feet tall and 8 feet wide.  The evergreen leaves are are 5" long.  Fruit is a black drupe that is eaten by many birds.

Photos taken in Coleman County, Texas, May 2004

(Introduced from the West Indies)

 

Similar Species

Desert Lantana Lantana achyranthifolia (L. macropoda)

White flowers. Small upright bush. 

(Native of Texas)

 

Trailing Lantana (Weeping Lantana) Lantana montevidensis

White to lavender or pink flowers. Trailing plant good for containers and groundcover.

(Introduced from South America)

 

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