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Lantana depressa Small
Pineland lantana, Rockland shrubverbena

Lantana depressa
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Verbenaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in Miami-Dade County.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Critically Imperiled

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 History and Distribution: This species was ranked as rare in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002). It was reassessed in 2017 using updated NatureServe criteria and was reranked to critically imperiled.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000). For more on recent taxonomic changes see Franck et al. 2021.

Synonyms: Lantana depressa Small var. depressa

Other data on Lantana depressa available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Lantana depressa has been found in the following 50 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
A.D. Doug Barnes Park Possibly Extirpated Native
Arch Creek Park Doubtfully Present
Bill Sadowski Park Present Native
Black Creek Forest Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Presumed Extirpated Native
Coral Pines Park Possibly Extirpated Native
Coral Reef Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Eachus Pineland Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Florida City Pineland Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
George N. Avery Pineland Present Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum Present Native
Goulds Pineland Present Native
Greynolds Park Recorded as Present in Error
Ingram Pineland Present Native
John Kunkel Small Pineland Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Ludlam Pineland Present Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands Present Native
Matheson Hammock Park Present Native
Moreno Pine Rockland Present Native, Cultivated Only
Navy Wells Pineland 2 Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39 Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve Present Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve Present Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition Present Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve Present Native
Northrop Pineland Present Native
Palm Drive Pineland Present Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary Present Native
Pine Shore Preserve Present Native
Porter-Russell Pineland Present Native
Quail Roost Pineland Present Native
Rock Pit 39 Present Native
Rockdale Pineland Present Native
Ron Ehmann Park Present Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike) Native
Seminole Wayside Park Present Native
Silver Palm Groves Present Native
SOCSOUTH Present Native
Sunny Palms Pineland Present Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition Present Native
Trinity Pineland Present Native
Tropical Park Possibly Extirpated Native
West Biscayne Pineland Present Native
Zoo Miami Present Native

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

Lantana depressa has been found in the following 3 habitats :
Disturbed Upland
Marl Prairie
Pine Rockland

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