Buttonsage
Lantana involucrata
A rounded coastal shrub with crinkled aromatic grey-green leaves and small domed heads of white flowers marked with yellow, produced continuously. Purple fruit follows and is taken by birds. A staple of South Florida butterfly gardens and among the most salt-tolerant natives available.
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing, hedge or screen
- Native states
- FL, LA