Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Reproduction
Mainly spread by birds, animals, water and garden dumping.
Description
Scrambling evergreen, thicket-forming shrub to 4m though can climb to a height of 20m. Stems woody, prickly and often 4-sided. Leaves coarse, veins prominent, margins serrated, finely haired, strongly scented. Flowers in combinations of pink, yellow, red, orange and cream. Fruit round to 0.8cm across, green maturing to shiny black in clusters. Roots shallow.
Species comments
Hybrid varieties of lantana have been promoted as ornamentals including so-called ‘sterile varieties’. All forms of lantana are considered environmental weeds and should not be planted.
