[Wikipedia] Native to the American tropics.: Lantana camara (common lantana) is a species of flowering plant within the verbena family (Verbenaceae), native to the American tropics.[5][6] It is a very adaptable species, which can inhabit a wide variety of ecosystems; once it has been introduced into a habitat it spreads rapidly; between 45šN and 45šS and more than 1,400 metres (4,600 feet) in altitude. It has spread from its native range to around 50 countries,[7] where it has become an invasive species.[8][9] It first spread out of the Americas when it was brought to Europe by Dutch explorers and cultivated widely, soon spreading further into Asia and Oceania where it has established itself as a notorious weed, and in Goa it was introduced by the Portuguese.[8] L. camara can outcompete native species[1],[10] leading to a reduction in biodiversity.[11 (link added by Suzanne L. Weakley)