Lantana

Lantana is a deciduous scrambling shrub that can grow to 6 feet or more in height. Stems are square, haired, and often armed with small prickles. Leaf blades are opposite, simple, serrate, ovate in shape, and are commonly 6 inches long by 2 ½ inches wide. Leaf texture resembles sandpaper or a cats tongue. Flowers are small, multicolored, stalked, and form dense flat-topped clusters approximately 1.5 inched wide. Flowers darken in color with age, generally changing from white to pink or lavender, or yellow to orange or red. Fruit is a round and small (0.2 inches wide) 2-seeded drupe that is initially green, then will change to a deep purple and eventually black.