#tickberry

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 2015

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 2015

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 2015

lantana #flowers #houseplants #wildsage #redsage #tickberry #lantana Lantana camara, also known as big-sage (Malaysia), wild-sage, red-sage, white-sage (Caribbean) and tickberry (South Africa), is a species of flowering plant within the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to the American tropics. Lantana camara, often planted to embellish gardens, has spread from its native Central and South America to around 50 different countries, where it has become an invasive species. It spread from the Americas into the rest of the world when it was brought back to Europe by Dutch explorers and cultivated widely, soon spreading into Asia and Oceania, where it established itself as a notorious weed. Lantana camara will often outcompete other more desirable species, leading to a reduction in biodiversity. It can also cause problems if it invades agricultural areas as a result of its toxicity to livestock as well as its ability to form dense thickets which if left unchecked can greatly reduce the productivity of farm land. Pet/cat poisonous (at San Jose, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CClyigmD4S-/?igshid=1nb6qwqra19n0

Blooms of Wild Sage ~ Tickberry ~ Lantana camara ~ Lantanier Commun ~ Maadi Street, Cairo, Egypt #WildSage #Tickberry #Lantana #Lantanacamara #Lantanier #LantanierCommun #Maadi #Cairo #Egypt #Flowers #Blossoms #Blooms #macros #macrophotography #macroofinstagram #insects #insectsofinstagram #Wildlife #wildlifephotography ~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachidh/albums (at Cairo, Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrVfgbLhDJ1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l84mkh8ybe83

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiliales Family: Verbenaceae Genus: Lantana Species: L. camara

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 2015