Creeping lantana
Lantana montevidensis
family
Verbenaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
Category 3 Restricted Matter (Biosecurity Act 2014)
Must not be distributed or disposed. This means it must not be released into the environment unless the distribution or disposal is authorised in a regulation or under a permit.
Common names
Creeping lantana, Purple lantana, Sellow's lantana, Small lantana, Trailing lantana, Trailing shrubverbena, Weeping lantana.
A low-growing, long-lived, shrubby plant forming dense mats of vegetation over the ground. Its leaves are borne in pairs along the slender, unarmed, creeping stems. Its small tubular flowers are borne in compact clusters (1-4 cm across). These flowers (8-12 mm long and 4-8 mm across) are usually pink, mauve or purple with a white or yellowish coloured throat. Its reddish-purple to purple 'berries' are 6-8 mm across and contain a single hard seed.
Impact
Impact
Creeping lantana (Lantana montevidensis) is regarded as a significant environmental weed Queensland and as an environmental weed in New South Wales. It was also recently listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region.
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Creeping lantana (Lantana montevidensis) is regarded as a significant environmental weed Queensland and as an environmental weed in New South Wales. It was also recently listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region.
