| Author | Hayek | |
| Distribution | Two collections are known: Buncombe County, open sunny area in Beaver Dam bog, in 1977; Dare County, roadside in Buxton village, in 1959.
Native of the West Indies; in N.A. NC to FL, TX, and CA. | |
| Abundance | Very rare. | |
| Habitat | Bog, roadside. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-October. | |
| Identification | Lantana shrubs are favorites of many people, and are often planted to attract butterflies. In NC they rarely stray from gardens, yard plantings, and shrub borders. The leaves are opposite, ovate, and toothed. The flowers grow clustered in headlike spikes, the corollas orange or yellow (or pink?). L. urticoides differs from L. strigocamara in having longer, spreading hairs on the branches (0.5-2 mm long vs. less than 0.5 mm long and rather appressed in L. strigocamara). Also, the inflorescence bracts are persistent in this species, vs. dropping after flowering in L. strigocamara. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Long known as L. horrida.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FACU link |
