Verbenaceae
Hammock shrubverbena
Lantana canescens
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Lantana
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- لانتانا مبيضة
- English
- Hammock shrubverbena
Synonyms
- Camara canescens (Kunth) Kuntze
- Camara lippioides (Spreng.) Kuntze
- Camara microcephala (A.Rich.) Kuntze
- Goniostachyum citrosum Small
- Lantana aristata var. cabrerae Moldenke
- Lantana canescens f. grandifolia Moldenke
- Lantana canescens f. parvifolia Moldenke
- Lantana canescens f. pluripedunculata Moldenke
- Lantana canescens var. integrifolia Moldenke
- Lantana citrosa (Small) Moldenke
- Lantana lamiifolia Otto & A.Dietr.
- Lantana lippioides Spreng.
- Lantana microcephala A.Rich.
- Lippia pallescens Benth.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.