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Old 10-25-2023, 06:02 AM
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Lantana grow wild in Florida




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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
Lantana camara - Wikipedia

One of these huge bushes invaded my backyard and I have been chopping and cutting the thing but once it looks like I am done I see another layer of it. Some of it is dead but it seems to use this dead stuff as a wall. Mother Nature sure is clever.

Anyone have experience dealing with the plant?

I have no idea where it came from. We never planted it.

It kind of set up a fortress protecting its root area.

The sap is a little toxic but quite smelly.

I do think this is the right ID for the plant.

Invasion of the Landscape Snatchers: Lantana (Lantana camara) -