Plant guide
Lantana
Lantana camara
Lantana is toxic to cats. Keep it away from places your cat can chew plants. Contact a veterinarian promptly after suspected ingestion.
What this guide covers: Lantana camara only. Confirm the botanical label; a photograph cannot identify a visitor’s specimen.
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Plant identity
- Scientific name
- Lantana camara
- Scope
- Species
- Family
- Not recorded
- Also known as
- No reviewed aliases available
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How to grow this plant
Lantana camara only; the light and water categories summarize the cited growing guidance.
- Light
- Sunny position
Grow in full sun.
- Watering
- Keep evenly moist
Moist soil is preferred, though established plants tolerate drought.
- Temperature
- Temperature range not yet established
A preferred numerical growing range was not established in the reviewed source.
- Potting
- Use well-drained soil; poorer soils are tolerated.
- Through the year
- Plan for spreading growth and check local invasive-plant restrictions.
Growing-guide sources
- Lantana camara - Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗NC State Extension · Accessed 2026-10-17
Exact named species; garden conditions are not relabeled as indoor requirements.
Growing advice reviewed 2026-10-17. Plant safety is assessed separately.
Reviewed safety information
- Toxic principle
- Not recorded in the reviewed evidence
- Reported signs
- Not recorded in the reviewed evidence
- Severity
- Severity not established
Missing information is unknown. It should not be interpreted as an absence of risk.
Safe alternatives
No verified alternative recommendations are available for this guide.
Sources & review
- Lantana: plant safety reference ↗ASPCA Poison Control · Accessed
ASPCA explicitly identifies L. camara as toxic to cats. Pet Poison Helpline corroborates pet digestive effects; its livestock liver-injury discussion is not presented as an established common cat outcome.
- Lantana: supporting reference ↗Pet Poison Helpline · Accessed 2026-10-17
- Lantana: supporting reference ↗NC State Extension · Accessed 2026-10-17
Safety last reviewed .