Some famous quotes about the flowers……
“The earth laughs in flowers.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay
“I must have flowers, always, and always.” ― Claude Monet
Lantana Camara (Kongini Poovu)
Lantana camara is called as
Kongini Poovu(Ari Poovu) in Malayalam. Lantana camara, also known as Spanish Flag or West
Indian Lantana, is a species of flowering
plant in the verbena
family, Verbenaceae,
that is native to the American tropics.It has been introduced into other parts of the world as an ornamental
plant and is considered an invasive
species in many tropical and sub-tropical areas.
L. camara is sometimes known as "Red
(Yellow, Wild) Sage", despite its classification in a separate family
from sage
(Lamiaceae), and a different order from sagebrush (Asterales).
The native range of Lantana
camara includes Mexico,
Central
America, the Greater Antilles, The Bahamas,
Colombia,
and Venezuela.
It is believed to be indigenous to the Lower Rio
Grande Valley of Texas
in the United States. It has become naturalized in tropical
and warm regions worldwide. In the Kenyan highlands it grows in many areas that receive even
minimal amounts of rainfall. It can be seen in the wild and along footpaths,
deserted fields, and farms. West Indian Lantana has been naturalized in the United
States, particularly in the Atlantic coastal plains, from Florida to Georgia, where the climate is close to its
native climate, with high heat and humidity.
It was introduced into the Philippines
from Hawaii
through the Makiling Forestry School (now the University
of the Philippines Los Baños College of Forestry and Natural Resources), as
part of botanical academic exchanges between the United States and the
Philippines. It escaped into the wild and has become naturalized in the islands.
It is referred to by a number of common names including coronitas
('coronet'), utot-utot ('fart [flower]'), and baho-baho ('smelly
[flower]'), the last two referring to its distinctive pungent odor. It has also
become a major weed in Sri Lanka after escaping from the Royal Botanic gardens of Sri Lanka
in 1926.
Description from Wikipedia- Courtesy
Description from Wikipedia- Courtesy
