The difference between Lantana camara and Lantana camara

1. Difference in appearance

Lantana camara is a shrub, about 0.7 to 1 meter long, with drooping branches.

Lantana is an upright or climbing shrub, which is taller than the former, about 1 to 2 meters high, and sometimes vine-like, up to about 4 meters long. The stems are square and usually have short, barbed spines.

2. Difference of blades

The leaves of Lantana camara are ovate, about 2.5 cm long, suddenly narrow at the base, and have coarse teeth on the edges.

The leaves of Lantana are ovate to oblong, and are also wider, about 3-8.8 cm long and about 1.5-5 cm wide, with acuminate or acute apex, cordate base, and blunt teeth on the edges.

3. The difference between flowers

Lantana camara has a capitulate inflorescence, about 2.5 cm in diameter, with a long peduncle. The flowers are light purple-red, about 1.2 cm long, and the bracts are broadly ovate.

The diameter of the Lantana inflorescence is about 1.5-2.5 cm. The corolla is orange-yellow or yellow, which will turn deep red shortly after flowering. The bracts are lanceolate.