Lantana or Lantana camara hybrids (Cultivated)

Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Lamiaceae, Lanatana indica from Delhi: Lantana indica Roxb., Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3:89. 1832 syn: L. alba auct. (non Mill.); L. collina Decne.

Erect shrub with crenate-serrate rugose leaves and white flowers with yellow tube.
local name: Ghaneri

Photographed from Ridge in Delhi

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Any way I never new that their is /are sps in Lantana and one is indica. I use to call all of them as camara. How many sps are there in Lantana.
By mistake I deleted the photos of Lantana camara send by you thinking it is common/known why enlarge and see? Can you repost it?
the leaves of these both plants smell same, Do they differ in shape? Dont remember/not noticed?
The flowers do differ in the shape and that tubular structure.
Second question if indica sps is of Indian origin why do we blame in general the Lantana as it has come from outside and is opportunistic and is spreading as weed?  Or is the blame only for camara?
one more posting of purple flower had come. Is that the third variety?
In Marathi do we call all of them Ghaneri which is the name mentioned here?

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the name Ghaneri I remember now, it is because of the smell isn’t it?
But I also remember when we used to walk up to Parvati-temple in Pune we used to pluck the small flowers and such the nectar. I think it was Ghaneri. There were shrubs in plenty near ???????? ?????.

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In a mail few days back I had mentioned this smell of Ghaneri. I always wonder why such nice smelling leaf should be given that name? (For nonmarathi meaning is bad smelling.)
The second point you might be sucking the necture of Ixora (red one) and eating black small berries of Ghaneri????

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please no romantizing this plant.. esp since it looks sooooo nice… and berries very attractive to children, keep them away, pluck off the flower heads as soon as the flowers start falling off, before berries develop…

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I remember from my childhood, that we were doing that, but don’t remember exactly if it was Ghaneri flower. As … and myself share some old memories i asked her, if what i remember is correct.
I was many times tempted here to try the flower, did not do though. I don’t know which flower it was, that we liked so much when i was small. The places I wrote about have changed a lot, perhaps someone from Pune
may remember how the Ganapati-temple looked like many years ago.

Anyway, i am not going to try sucking the Lantana flower.

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Today I received a reply to my Hemerocallis fulva upload, that flower buds and flowers are cooked as a tasty vegetable. The golden needles as they are called are commonly used in Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Korean and Vietnamese cooking.

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I think this is Lantana camara subsp. aculeata and not Lantana indica as per keys at eFlora of Pakistan

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Appears similar to white coloured form of Lantana camara as at Lucid Central.

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You can see the bracts in the last image though not clear in the posted low resolution image.

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Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Verbenaceae ::Lantana indica :: SMPMAY36/36 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.

I think this is Lantana camara subsp. aculeata and not Lantana indica as per keys at eFlora of Pakistan

Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Verbenaceae :: Lantana (red/yellow) :: cultivated :: DVMAY105/105 :
5 posts by 4 authors. 7 images. Lantana spp. Another common ornamental Lantana taken on different dates. Often found as escape. in various gardens at different times

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Nice pics …, this shrub have turned out to be a big nuisance, creating troubles for native flora !!

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Yes …, The last picture shows the chaotic spread once it settles on escape.

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Lantana species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net)

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Please check if these help –