Lantana × rubra

Lantana × rubra

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Not native

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

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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

Recorded in 3 Florida counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

22CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Lantana

Anartia jatrophaeWhite Peacock
Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
Diastema tigrisLantana Groundling, Lantana Tiger Moth
Erechthias minusculaCaribbean Scavenger Moth
Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
Lantanophaga pusillidactylusLantana Plume Moth
Leptostales crossiiCross's Wave
Manduca rusticaRustic Sphinx
Neogalea suniaLantana Stick Caterpillar, Catabena Moth
Notioplusia illustrataNotioplusia Moth

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Omiodes indicataBean-Leaf Webworm Moth
Orphanostigma haemorrhoidalisLantana Leaftier
Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
Spragueia jaguaralisCounfounding Spragueia
Stenoptilodes taprobanesNarrow Plume Moth
Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
Synchlora cupedinariaBrown-Boarded Emerald
Synchlora herbariaWhite-Dotted Emerald
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Acalyptris bicornutus
Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla

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

What its natural habitat tells you

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

Conservation status

Florida rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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