Lantana montevidensis (lan-TAY-nuh  mont-i-vi-DEN-sis) Trailing Lantana It is a deciduous, evergreen, broadleaf, perennial shrub. Medium to rapid growth. Gets 1-2 ft tall and 3-4 ft wide. Likes sun. Half hardy to 20 degrees. Genus of 150 species of evergreen shrubs and perennials from tropical North, Central, and South America, and South Africa, usually occurring in pine woodland and on disturbed ground. They are grown for their small, 5-lobed, salverform flowers, grouped tightly into rounded, flattened, or domed, terminal heads. All parts may cause severe discomfort if ingested, and contact with foliage may irritaqte skin.

L. montevidensis is a spreading shrub, often forming a dense mat, with slender, flexible stems, usually covered with coarse, short hairs. Ovate to oblong or lance-shaped, coarsely toothed, mid-to deep green leaves are 1-1.5in (2.5-4cm) long. Bears long-stalked, domed flowerheads, 3/4-1.25in (2-3cm) wide, of yellow-eyed, lilac-pink to violet flowers, to 1/2in (1.5cm) across, mainly in summer.

USDA zones na

Sunset Western zones 8-10, 12-24; H1, H2; annuals elsewhere

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