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Button Sage |
| Lantana involucrata
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name: Verbenaceae |
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plant for: none |
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General description: Upright, branching wood shrub with rough, opposite leaves and terminal clusters of small cream-white flowers. Easy to cultivate. Requires full sun and well-drained soils. Drought tolerant. Excellent long-blooming subtropical shrub that can be pruned to dense, compact form. Flowers attract butterflies and other pollinators. |
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Type: Woody shrub |
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Terminal clusters of small cream-white flowers |
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Spring through fall |
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Soil type: Dry, well-drained, sandy or limestone soils |
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Maximum height: 5 feet |
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Candidate for home gardens: Easy to cultivate. Long flowering period. |
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Availability in nursery:
Specialty and native plant nurseries. |
| Frenquency in the wild:
Common |
| Habitat:
coastal uplands, ruderal |
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County: Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Sarasota, St. Lucie |
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| Lantana involucrata |
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 Full sun |
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 Drought tolerant |
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