Lantana is a heavily branched shrub having bright green leaves, about 6cm long, with round toothed edges, grow opposite one another along stem.
Flowers vary in colour from pale cream to yellow, white, pink, orange, red, lilac and purple, about 2.5cm in diameter. Fruits are glossy, rounded, fleshy, purplish-black when ripe.
It grows in wide variety of habitats, from exposed dry hillsides to wet, heavily shaded gullies.
Native to tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America, lantana is a heavily branched shrub that can grow as compact clumps, dense thickets, and scrambling and climbing vines. It can smother native vegetation and form impenetrable stands.
Lantana covers 5 million hectares throughout most coastal and hinterland areas of Australia, from north Queensland to southern New South Wales and including the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Lantana could also spread to Victoria. source
.jpg)
.jpg)
