Lantana Flower

Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are indigenous to the tropics of the Americas and Africa, but they have been brought to many other locations, including the Australian-Pacific region and the south and northeastern parts of India. The genus contains both shrubs and herbaceous plants that can reach heights of 0.5-2 m (1.6-6.6 ft). Their popular names are lantanas or shrub verbenas. The generic name was first used in Late Latin to describe a separate plant called Viburnum lantana.

Red, orange, yellow, blue, or white florets are mixed together in the umbels, which are scented flower clusters on lantana plants. Since new types are being chosen, additional hues exist. Inflorescences with two or three colors are produced as a result of the flowers' usual color changes as they get older. "Wild lantanas" are plants of the unrelated genus Abronia, usually called "sand-verbenas".