Lantana montevidensis

Flower name
Lantana montevidensis
Scientific name
Lantana montevidensis
AliasWeeping lantana, montevidensis, Trailing lantana, ランタナ・モンテビデンシス, ランタナ, ムラサキランタナ
Place of originTropical America
Place of floweringGarden, Cut flowers, flower arrangement
Flowering seasonMay, June, July, August, September, October, November
Language of flowersStrict

What is Lantana montevidensis

Lantana montevidensis is Lantana which leaves are small, the flower color does not change, the stem creeps on the ground. It is a different kind of Lantana Camara called seven changes.

Lantana montevidensis , Trailing lantana, or Weeping lantana(scientific name: Lantana montevidensis) is native to tropical America, and is a hardy,evergreen, small prostrate shrub of the family Verbenaceae. Montevidensis crawls on the ground with vine. Meanwhile the usual lantana "Lantana camara" is a small shrub of erection and a different species. The Montevidensis is more cold-resistant , the leaves are smaller than the Camara,and it does not change in flower color. From summer to autumn, the inflorescence is extended from the axilla, and florets are assembled into a flower-like shape. The florets are tubular and the tip is 4 fissured. The Japanese name "Koba no Lantana" is based on lanthanum and leaves are small. The genus "Lantana" is a diversion from the Lantana garbis (Viburnum lantana) which resemble flower forms and inflorescences, and the species name "montevidensis" comes from the origin of the Uruguay capital "Montevideo Montevideo" .

Common name: Lantana montevidensis , Trailing lantana, or Weeping lantana, Scientific name: Lantana montevidensis, also known as montevidensis, Lantana montevidensis, Trailing lantana, Weeping lantana, Origin: South America, Tree height: 20 to 50 cm, leaf length: 2 to 3 cm, leaf height: 2 to 4 (leaf length: 2 to 4 cm) cm, leaf shape: egg shape, single leaf, vein vein: depressed, leaf order: vegetation, leaf margin: sawtooth presence, inflorescence form: scattering inflorescence, petal shape: cylindrical, tip of 4 fissures, flower color: pink purple · white · Yellowish peach, flower size: 0.5 ~ 0.6 cm, flower length: 1 cm, inflorescence diameter: 3 cm, flowering period: May to November, fruit type: fruit type, fruit type, seed color: black ripe, seed: toxic.