Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq. (1904)
Synonymy:
  • Lippia montevidensis Spreng. (1825)
  • = Lantana sellowiana Link & Otto (1821)
Vernacular Name(s):
Creeping lantana; Trailing lantana
 Description

Aromatic, semi-prostrate shrub; stems to c. 20 cm high, ± trailing, densely hairy, scabrid but otherwise not armed. Petioles to c. 1 cm long. Lamina 1.5–3 × 1.-1.5 cm (on flowering branches), narrow- to broad-ovate, crenate or crenate-serrate, hairy on both sides, slightly scabrid above, densely covered with minute shining brown glandular scales beneath; base cuneate to rounded; apex acute. Infls corymbose; fls slightly fragrant. Peduncles 1–10 cm long, slender; bracts c. 1/2 length of corolla tube, broad-ovate, densely hairy and glandular outside, less so inside. Calyx c. 1 mm long, glandular and hairy. Corolla densely glandular and hairy outside; tube c. 1 cm long, narrow-cylindric; limb 7–12 mm diam., pink to mauve; lobes slightly recurved. Fr. not seen.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Jan.–Dec.

 Bibliography
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.