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Lantana

Aren't the flower clusters pretty? They are about 25mm across and, unfortunately, are found on a plant which is a particularly invasive weed in east coastal areas of Australia (declared as a Weed of National Significance). It grows into dense impenetrable thickets of prickly shrubs up to 4 M tall. Originally from the tropical Americas, it was introduced in 1841 for its flowers, but was already becoming a pest by the 1860s. The PiP shows a thicket of this weed.

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9 comments

Pam J said:

IT IS LANTANA !!! AND THIS PARTICULAR SPECIES IS CALLED "HAM AND EGGS" !!!!

I HAVE IT AND THE ORANGE VARIETY

THEY ARE BUTTERFLY MAGNETS THEY ATTRACT ALL POLLINATORS M I THINK YOUR ADMIN NEED TO REMEMBER POLLINATORS ARE ALL THAT KEEPS HUMANS ALIVE AND THEY ARE HAVING A BHARD TIME NOW !!!!
7 days ago

tiabunna replied to Pam J:

SORRY PAM, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE. ALTHOUGH THIS HAS ITS PLACE IN THE AMERICAS WHERE IT ORIGINATES, HERE IT'S AN INVASIVE WEED AND IS DISPLACING OUR NATIVE POLLINATOR PLANTS OVER LARGE AREAS.
7 days ago

Franck Chabal said:

Joli bouquet!
7 days ago ( translate )

Annemarie said:

beautiful image

Happy Sunday!
7 days ago ( translate )

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Lovely floral close-up.
7 days ago ( translate )

Günter Klaus said:

Da zeigst du ja einen sehr schönen Strauch lieber George,klasse ist auch deine Nahaufnahme auf diese Blüte :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Sonntag,liebe Grüße Güni :))
7 days ago ( translate )

William Sutherland said:

Beautiful pair!

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7 days ago ( translate )

Don Sutherland said:

Stunning lantana.
6 days ago ( translate )

Edna Edenkoben said:

Wow, extremely pretty!
2 days ago ( translate )