{"id":"lantana","license":"CC-BY-4.0","data":{"scientificName":"Lantana sp.","commonNames":["Lantana"],"taxonRank":"genus","acceptedName":"Lantana","family":"Verbenaceae","ids":{"usdaSymbol":"LANTA","gbifKey":2925302,"itisTsn":32173,"wikidataQid":"Q1096635","inatTaxonId":50334},"states":["WA","OR","ID"],"plantForm":"perennial","photo":{"file":"/images/plants/lantana.jpg","sourceUrl":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/30555282","observationUrl":"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19822099","license":"cc-by","attribution":"(c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY)","fetchedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},"evidence":[{"source":"firesmart-bc","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"FireSmart-approved fire-resistant plant","claims":"Flagged by FireSmart BC as needing more research.","url":"https://firesmartbc.ca/landscaping-hub/fire-resistant-plants/","accessedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"tamfs-firewise-landscaping-in-texas","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"acceptable fire-resistant plants","claims":"Listed as Lantana under “30 feet and beyond” in the source's fire-resistant plant examples.","sourcePlacement":{"value":"30 feet and beyond","scheme":"tamfs-defensible-space"},"edition":"2012","url":"https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EDITED202012firelandscape.pdf","documentDate":"2012-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"scfc-fire-smart-plant-list","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"LESS Flammable Plants with some fire resistance","claims":"Listed as Lantana. The source says highly flammable plants ignite faster and burn readily; less flammable plants have some fire resistance.","plantPart":"whole-plant","sourcePlacement":{"value":"GROUNDCOVERS, BEDDING PLANTS, & VINES","scheme":"SCFC Fire Smart plant-form sections"},"edition":"2005 brochure","url":"https://www.scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ignition-resistant-landscaping-plant-list.pdf","documentDate":"2005-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"}],"flammabilityClass":"fire-resistant","ratingReason":"limited-evidence","recommendation":"on-list","author":"grayson-graham","reviewStatus":"draft","lastVerified":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","reviewNotes":"Photo auto-selected (top-voted iNat); human review pending."},"localAssessmentInputs":{"stateDistribution":["WA","OR","ID"],"nativeStates":[],"rangeAssertions":[{"relation":"documented-occurrence","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["ID","OR","WA"]},"provenance":"legacy-field"}],"usdaZoneMin":null,"usdaZoneMax":null,"hardinessAssertions":[],"hardinessSelection":{"status":"none","assertions":[]},"invasiveIn":[],"statusAssertions":[],"fireEvidenceClass":"fire-resistant","recommendation":"on-list","fireSourceScopes":[{"source":"scfc-fire-smart-plant-list","sourceName":"Landscaping Can Be Attractive & FIREWISE (Fire Smart Plant List for SC)","sourceUrl":"https://www.scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ignition-resistant-landscaping-plant-list.pdf","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["SC"]},"completeness":"partial","reviewStatus":"reviewed","scope":"South Carolina Forestry Commission publishes this explicitly as its Fire Smart Plant List for South Carolina. FireApproved publishes 63 exact genus owners from 72 unique common-name labels; unsafe common-name mappings and duplicates are not broadened. The brochure calls the list non-inclusive and does not establish species-level or site-specific suitability.","sourceVersion":"SCFC-Fire-Smart-Plant-List-2005"},{"source":"tamfs-firewise-landscaping-in-texas","sourceName":"Firewise Landscaping in Texas: The Right Plant for the Right Place","sourceUrl":"https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EDITED202012firelandscape.pdf","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["TX"]},"completeness":"partial","reviewStatus":"reviewed","scope":"Texas A&M Forest Service says the guide's landscape elements apply across Texas and at all scales. FireApproved publishes ten exact genus owners from its placement-band examples and holds Primrose and Bluebells rather than guessing taxa. The examples are not a complete Texas plant palette.","sourceVersion":"Texas-AM-Forest-Service-Firewise-Landscaping-2012-10-08","asOf":"2012-10-08T00:00:00.000Z"}],"firePerformanceConditions":[],"maintenanceAssertions":[],"maintenanceConditions":null,"regulatoryReviews":{},"seedReviews":{}},"legacyCompatibilityProjection":{"nativeStates":[],"invasiveIn":[]},"localAssessmentContract":"Compare each dimension separately. State noxious-weed seed designations are material-scoped and never become non-seed plant restrictions, ecological-invasive findings, nursery restrictions, alternatives, product evidence, or fire votes. Introduced/established context is not an invasive warning. Minimum-only hardiness has no inferred maximum; canonical source-temperature conversion is validated and contradictory applicable rows project no primary zone. L48 context applies only to conterminous states and is never exact-state status. Fire-performance conditions are not maintenance advice. FEIS fire-ecology context does not vote in the plant classification. Absence of a status row is not regulatory clearance."}