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West Indies Lantana

Lantana urticoides

In the Carolinas and Georgia, found in disturbed and brackish areas. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition What its natural habitat tells you

65
Strong

Native to Louisiana (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 76%

Light
Partial shade, Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to wet
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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 Louisiana parishes.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

14CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · 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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  • 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)
29BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Lantana

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

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

Louisiana rankSNR
Global rankG5
LA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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