Caribbean Shrubverbena (Lantana exarata)
Description
“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: foliage Lantana exarata is a verbena breeding species described by Ignatz Urban and Erik Leonard Ekman . Lantana exarata is included in the genus chronicles , and family verbena plants . The leaves are usually opposite, simple, and in many species hairy, often densely so. The flowers are small, with five petals, and borne in dense spikes. Typically some shade of blue, they may also be white, pink, or purple, especially in cultivars. The genus can be divided into a diploid North American and a polyploid South American lineage, both with a base chromosome number of seven. The European species is derived from the North American lineage.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Verbenaceae
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Genus: Lantana
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