Lantana involucrata L.

Buttonsage (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Verbenaceae > Lantana

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 70-190 cm high. The leaves are 4-7 cm long by 2.5-3 cm wide. They are sword shaped. There are teeth along the edge. They taper to the tip. The flowers are in the axils of leaves. The flowers are like tubes. The fruit is fleshy with a hard stone inside. There is 1 seed. The fruit are edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.7 - 1.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. In Bolivia it grows up to 2000 m altitude.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Stomatitis (unspecified), Bite(Bug) (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Deafness (unspecified), Digestive (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Measles (unspecified), Nervine (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Tetanus (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 42 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lantana involucrata habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lantana involucrata leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Lantana involucrata leaf picture by claire Felloni (cc-by-sa)
Lantana involucrata leaf picture by Mélanie Herteman (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lantana involucrata flower picture by bastian.sydney1 (cc-by-sa)
Lantana involucrata flower picture by Diana (cc-by-sa)
Lantana involucrata flower picture by Lisa Friedrich (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lantana involucrata fruit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Lantana involucrata fruit picture by claire Felloni (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lantana involucrata world distribution map, present in Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Lantana involucrata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135206-2
WFO ID wfo-0000223194
COL ID 3S7PC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630004
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lantana involucrata f. candida Lantana involucrata f. kuhnholtziana Lantana arubensis Lantana parvifolia Lantana odorata Lantana involucrata f. rubella Lantana lanuginosa Lantana parvifolia Lantana recta Camara involucrata Lantana reticulata Lantana involucrata var. floridana Lantana involucrata var. kuhnholtziana Lantana involucrata var. odorata Lantana involucrata var. socorrensis Lantana involucrata var. velutina Lantana odorata var. berlandieri Lantana involucrata var. berlandieri Lantana incana Lantana involucrata f. leucocarpa Lantana involucrata