Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

Scientific Name:
Common Name(s):
Lantana camara
Lantana, Shrub verbena
Height:
Leaves:
Flowers:
Bark:
Fruit:
Other:
Treatment:
Six feet or more
Opposite, simple, with oval blades that are rough and hairy, up to six inches
long and two to three inches wide. Bases of blades are truncate. Leaves are
very aromatic.
Small multicolored flowers occur in dense, flat-topped clusters; flowers in a
single cluster may be white to pink or lavender, yellow to orange or red.
Square stems are covered with bristly hairs when green and are often armed
with small prickles.
Round and fleshy, very small. Initially green then turning to purple then
blue-black. Unripe berries are toxic.
Often confused with the endemic native Florida lantana, which can be
identified by tapered (rather than truncate) leaf blades. Often forms thickets
in sunny open areas and invades disturbed sites such as roadsides. Also
frequently found in well-drained undisturbed habitats such as pinelands,
hammocks, and beach dunes.
Basal with 5% Garlon 4
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Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in
Florida’s Natural Areas by K.A Langeland, K.
Craddock Burks
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