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| Lantana camara
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| Verbenaceae
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Considered one of the world's worst weeds. Freely hybridizes with all three Florida endemic Lantana depressa varieties, threatening then with extinction. |
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Nonnative and highly invasive in Florida. Native to tropical America, but its precise origins are confused through long cultivation and hybridization. |
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Nectar plant for field skipper (Atalopedes campestris), gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae), hammock skipper (Polygonus leo), julia (Dryas iulia), long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus), mangrove skipper (Phocides pigmalion), other butterflies, and moths. |
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