Rough Shrubverbena

(Lantana strigosa)

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Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: foliage Lantana strigosa is a verbenauce species first described by August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach , and became known as Ignatz Urban . Lantana strigosa is included in the genus chronicles , and family verbenosa plants . The leaves are usually opposite, simple, and in many species hairy, often densely so. The flowers are small, with five petals, and borne in dense spikes. Typically some shade of blue, they may also be white, pink, or purple, especially in cultivars. The genus can be divided into a diploid North American and a polyploid South American lineage, both with a base chromosome number of seven. The European species is derived from the North American lineage.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Lamiales
Family:Verbenaceae
Genus:Lantana
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