orange coloured common lantana camara flowers bloom

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Orange coloured Common lantana (Lantana camara) flowers in bloom. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Orange coloured Common lantana (Lantana camara) flowers in bloom.

Common lantana (Lantana camara) 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. It is a perennial, erect sprawling or scandent, shrub that can form dense thickets. Flowers are small tubular-shaped, each has four petals and are arranged in clusters. They are of many different colors, including red, yellow, white, pink and orange, which differ depending on location in inflorescence, age, and maturity.