Lantana montevidensis

Lantana montevidensis

(Trailing or Creeping Lantana)

FAMILY

Verbenaceae

Species

Lantana montevidensis (syn. L. sellowiana)

Common name(s)

Trailing or Creeping Lantana, (CLASS 3)

Flower colour; life form

Flowers mauve or yellow. Woody shrub, semi-prostrate, mat forming

Distinguishing features

Prostrate to semi-prostrate, stem square in cross section; leaves opposite, ovate, margins crenate. Flowers in clusters, up to 20, tubular, mauve or yellow. Fruit small, blackish berries. Yellow form is usually the cultivar “pot of gold”.

Lantana montevidensis