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Lantana canescens Kunth
Hammock lantana, Hammock shrubverbena

Lantana canescens
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Verbenaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the Greater Antilles (not Puerto Rico), Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

Other data on Lantana canescens available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Lantana canescens has been found in the following 4 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33 Present Native, Cultivated Only
Castellow Hammock Park Present Native, Cultivated Only
Silver Palm Hammock Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Lantana canescens has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native

Lantana canescens has been found in the following habitat :
Pine Rockland

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Lantana canescens
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Lantana canescens
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Lantana canescens
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley