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Lantana depressa var. depressa
Pineland Lantana
Rockland Shrubverbena
Depressed Shrubverbena
Florida native
Endemic to Florida
Endangered Florida species
The natural range of this low-spreading woody shrub is limited to the pine rocklands of southern Miami-Dade County.
The leaves of the depressa species are ovate-elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic and the margins are curved inward. The variety depressa is prostrate or decumbent to 0.5 meters tall with leaves usually 1-3 cm long.
Considerable controversy surrounds the genus Lantana, mostly due to the invasive non-native L. camera which has contaminated the gene pool of the native lantanas creating many hybrids.
Lantana depressa is a member of the Verbenaceae - Verbena family.
Other species of the Lantana genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Lantana depressa var. floridana - FLORIDA LANTANA
Lantana strigocamara - LANTANA
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Aug 07, 2016
