Lantana occurs as genus of astir 150 metal money of perennial flowering plants, native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa. A coinage include each herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.Five-Two m tall.

Lantana's redolent flower clusters are the mix of red and orange florets. More colors survive when newly varieties come existence selected.

Lantana berries are poisonous. Lantana flowers & berries come attractive to insects and birds.

Cultivation and uses
It is widely cultivated for their flowers within tropical and subtropical environments and (as an annual plant) in temperate climates. A few coinage come invasive, & come considered to become harmful weeds within southern Asia, southern Africa, and Australia. In the United States, some Lantana metal money come nowadays naturalized in the southeast, especially coastal regions of the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and the Gulf Coast.

Virtually all of the plants sold when lantana come either Lantana camara, Lantana montevidensis, or even hybrids between the two. L. camara (syn. L. aculeata or even L. armata) is the commonest coinage around cultivation. Many cultivars of this species survive, including 'Irene', 'Christine' & 'Dallas Red' (a lot tall-leggy cultivars) & many recently introduced shorter ones. A shorter cultivars might flower further successfully than a taller ones. Lantana montevidensis is referred to as Trailing Lantana. A metal money gives blue (or even whiten) flowers everthing month around. Its foliage is dark green & has the average odor.

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