Lantana camara L.

OCR>>>FLORA OF CURACAO
Herbarium of Utrecht University (U)
Verbenaceae
Lantana
camara L.
Det. B.P. van de Riet	2001
Hato plains.
Limestone, full sunshine. Growing in a large cluster (6
m wide) with Opuntia wentiana, Melocactus
macracanthus and Sesuvium portulacastrum.
Shrub, 1 m tall. Branches greyish-brown, lax,
ascending. Leaves aromatic, upper surface green, lower
surface light green-greyish. Bracts light green, at the
apex somewhat darkey. Calyx light green. Corolla
yellow, orange or red. Fruits green when young, dark
purple-black when ripe.
A.S.J.	van Proosdij
B.P.	van de Riet
S.A.L. Zander
nr. 630
11 feb 1999<<<OCR