Lantana demutata Millsp.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Verbenaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lantana demutata Millsp.

  • Description

    Species Description - A widely branched shrub, 1-2 dm. high, the young twigs densely puberulent, the older ones glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, short-petioled, 1-2 cm. long, erenate, puberulent on both sides, rugose and scabrous above; peduncles slender, puberulent, 2-4 cm. long; heads 5-8-flowered, involucrate by ovate or oblong obtuse bracts about 4.5 mm. long; flowers white; corolla tube about 3 mm. long; drupes blue, pubescent, 2-3 mm. long.

  • Distribution

    Scrublands, Harbor Island, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Great Exuma and Long Island. Endemic. Bahama Sage-bush.

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