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West Indies Lantana

Lantana urticoides

Found in disturbed and brackish areas. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 59%

Light
Partial shade, Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to wet

At a glance

Bloom
May to December

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 10 Alabama counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

15CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Lantana

  • Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
  • Diastema tigrisLantana Groundling, Lantana Tiger Moth
  • Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
  • Leptostales crossiiCross's Wave
  • Manduca rusticaRustic Sphinx
  • Neogalea suniaLantana Stick Caterpillar, Catabena Moth
  • Omiodes indicataBean-Leaf Webworm Moth
  • Orphanostigma haemorrhoidalisLantana Leaftier
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Spragueia jaguaralisCounfounding Spragueia
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  • Stenoptilodes taprobanesNarrow Plume Moth
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Synchlora cupedinariaBrown-Boarded Emerald
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Verbenaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Lantana horrida

Conservation status

Alabama rankSNR
Global rankG5
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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