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  phakah krong

 

Thailand

A plant of the species Lantana camara, which produces clusters of small flowers with salver-form corollas. The flowers vary in colour depending on the subspecies (fig.).

 

This one has white flowers with a deep yellow core, that turn lilac as they ripen and are forced to the outside edge of the cluster. In Thailand, this species is known as phakah krong.

 

  phakah krong

 

In the wild, this species is very invasive, but it is also often found as an ornamental plant in gardens, and its flowers are highly favoured by a variety of butterflies (fig.), the one seen here being a Common Rose (fig.).

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