Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

gold lantana

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Lantana depressa var. depressa

Family:

Verbenaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

2 ft tall by 5 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

yellow

Fruit Color:

purple

Phenology:

evergreen

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Small, low-growing border plant, specimen plant in a flower garden. Fairly slow growing. Flowers range from bright yellow to white with a yellow center -- never becoming multicolored with age.

Considerations:

Availability:

Quality Nurseries, Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales

Propagation:

Stem cuttings and seed. It is perhaps best to use cuttings to avoid the potential of establishing hybrids with L. strigocamara.

Light:

Full Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Coming Soon!

Not wet but not extremely dry ---to--- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray.

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Lime Rock

Soil pH:

prefers calcareous

Suitable to Grow In:

10A,10B,11

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Birds

May be pollinated by butterflies during the day and by moths at night (Osorio 2012).  Also visited by bees.

Birds eat the fruits and spread the seeds.

Native Habitats:

Pine rockland. On limestone. Vacant lots.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

This is a rare South Florida native that has entered the nursery trade. A major concern is hybridization with Lantana strigocamara, a multicolored invasive exotic. Due to the potential hybridization, it is best to acquire L. depress var. depressa only, and it is best to acquire it from a native plant nursery, not a big box store.