| Author | Small | |
| Distribution | A specimen of var. floridana was collected by Mark Basinger from a savanna in Croatan National Forest, Carteret County, in 2020 (NCU451581). This entity is native in FL and coastal GA, but likely has escaped northward near the coast in SC and NC.
Limited to the Southeastern States, from southern AL to FL and north as a likely escape to eastern NC. | |
| Abundance | Extremely rare; one collection. This species has a Global Rank of G2 and thus is highly endangered in its native range, certainly owing to growing in dunes and other sandy places, where development pressure in FL is high. | |
| Habitat | Savanna in NC; typically in dunes, other sandy habitats, more so closer to the coast than far inland in FL. | |
| Phenology | Blooms and fruits from March to November. | |
| Identification | See Weakley (2024). It looks very similar to the familiar L. strigocamara, often planted in gardens. That species has leaves more truncate at the base than tapered as in L. depressa; and that one also has inflorescence bracts widest at or just above the base and are deciduous after flowering, as opposed to bracts that are persistent in fruit. However, it is likely that the untrained eye will not be able to notice these differences and thus the "native" L. depressa could be overlooked. | |
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| Other Common Name(s) | East Florida Lantana | |
| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G2 | |
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