Lantana camara (Common lantana) is a species of flowering plant within the verbena family (Verbenaceae), native to the American tropics.  

The Lantana Plant is beautiful ornamental shrub and in Meghalaya before people-built walls between their homes in the city of Shillong. The people of the city used the Lantana Plant as hedge plant, it was how homes were separated from one another. Yes, a lot of management went into prevent the Lantana Plant from becoming an agricultural weed. The Lantana plant is known for its clustered flowering form with an aromatic scent. Lantana flowers display bright tinges of yellow, red, pink and orange.

One of the benefits of Lantana camara plant is, it makes a good choice for garden landscaping. It can be used for a border or as ground cover. It is drought and salt tolerant and can also be used for dry landscaping. It is easy to cultivate, drought resistant and lasts throughout the summer. The Lantana flower adds to a good looking landscape.

It has been introduced to most of the tropics and subtropics as a hedge plant and has since been reported as extremely weedy and invasive in many countries. It is generally deleterious to biodiversity and has been reported as an agricultural weed resulting in large economic losses in a number of countries. In addition to this, it increases the risk of fire, is poisonous to livestock and is a host for numerous pests and diseases. L. camara is difficult to control.