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Verbena vs Lantana - What's the difference?

verbena | lantana |

As nouns the difference between verbena and lantana

is that verbena is Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain while lantana is any member of the genus genus: Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.

verbena

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Verbena , a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
  • * 1918 , , Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 116)
    • Linda pulled a piece of verbena and crumpled it, and held her hands to her mother. -

    Derived terms

    * lemon verbena * sweet verbena * verbenalin * verbenalol

    See also

    * ("verbena" on Wikipedia) * ("verbena" species on Wikimedia) ----

    lantana

    English

    (wikipedia lantana) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any member of the genus of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 13, author=Anne Raver, title=A Tapestry of Color, Unfolding All Year, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The batwings, full of tulips in May, are now abloom with cosmos, angelonia and lantana . }}