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Lantana (/ l æ n ˈ t ɑː n ə,-ˈ t eɪ-/) is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian - Pacific region, South and Northeastern part of India ...
Lantana camara (common lantana) is a species of flowering plant within the verbena family (Verbenaceae), native to the American tropics. It is a very adaptable species, which can inhabit a wide variety of ecosystems; once it has been introduced into a habitat it spreads rapidly; between 45ºN and 45ºS and less than 1,400 metres (4,600 feet) in altitude.
The inflorescence is a circular head of several purple to lavender to white funnel-shaped flowers with lobed corollas each nearly a centimeter wide. Yellow-flowered montevidensis are a case of misidentification and most often relate to the "New Gold" lantana Lantana × hybrida, a hybrid between camara and montevidensis.
Viburnum davidii is an evergreen species from China with blue fruit. Viburnum dentatum has flat-topped flowers, bluish fruit, and reddish leaves in autumn. It is somewhat salt-tolerant. The cultivar 'Blue Muffin' is more compact than the species and has fruit that are a deeper blue than the species.
The flowers are usually white, pink, mauve, or purple, with the bracts that back the flowers being of the same or a slightly contrasting color. Systematics and taxonomy [ edit ] Agastache derives from the Ancient Greek words ἄγαν ( ágan ) "very much" and στάχυς ( stákhus ) "ear of grain", [5] describing the flower spikes. [6]
Lantana camara inflorescence displaying floral color change. The yellow and white flowers are newly opened while the magenta flowers are older and have been triggered by pollination to produce more anthocyanins. Ipomoea indica flowers change from bright blue to a faded purple by the end of the day.
Salvia leucantha. Salvia leucantha, the Mexican bush sage, is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to subtropical and tropical conifer forests in central and eastern Mexico. The flowers are usually white, emerging from coloured bracts. It is not frost hardy, but is often grown in warmer latitudes for its prominent arching velvety blue or ...
Echinacea purpurea, the eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or echinacea, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to parts of eastern North America [5] and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwestern United States as well as ...