Lantana camara var. aculeata (L.) Moldenke

PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
COLLECTED ON THE I8LAND OF OAHU. IN AND ON THE
SLOPES OF MAKIKI,
By A. A. Heller, April 5, 1895.
Moldenke
Identified by H. N. Moldenke and cited
by him in his Monograph of the Genus
March, 19^1
Lantana Camara var. aculeata (L.)
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Lantana camara L. Sp. Pl. 627. 1753.
This species has become the most noxious plant in the Is-
lands. Introduced in 1&58, it is now abundant, and has ruined
hundreds of acres of valuable pasture land. It forms impene-
trable thickets on the slopes and in gulches of the lowlands,
and has even invaded the lower forests. Here it grows in
thick clumps, the stems often becoming weak and vine-like,
and intertwining in a very intricate manner. The flowers
vary in color, some being almost white, others purplish, and
some are orange.
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