Indian White Lantana
Lantana wightiana
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- India
- Flowering
- May-February
How to identify Indian White Lantana
Identify Indian White Lantana by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-February.
- Confirm it sits within the Verbenaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Indian White Lantana.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lantana wightiana
- Genus
- Lantana
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Plains and foothills
- Habitat type
- Plains
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indian White Lantana itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indian White Lantana itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Indian White Lantana
A member of the Verbenaceae family, Indian White Lantana (Lantana wightiana) is a low shrub. It is native to India. It grows in plains and foothills. Flowering and fruiting run from May to February.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Indian White Lantana belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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