Lantana ( Lantana camara)

The species I am observing are flowers on a bush. I notice that this flower has many different shapes and colors. Their are tiny pink petals that look like mini flowers, they are shaped just like a flower but they are petals to a whole flower. On the outer part of the flower there are nine pink petals. I notice that going a little more inward in the flower there are yellow flowers, starting with ight yellow and then a darker yellow in the petal, it is also shaped like a flower. I noticed that in the very middle of the flower there are little square/triangle shapes. I wonder if those little square shapes are petals that haven't bloomed. I notice these flowers come in little bunches of 3-4 on a large bush. I wonder why I haven't seen more of these around the town. I wonder if its normal for there to be as little flowers as there are on this bush. I found these flowers on February 6, 2021 at 10:03 AM at 2426 E 19th Street. It was a bit windy but sunny. Because it hasn't been raining as much as it usually does and the seasons are being a bit bizarre there hasn't been as much of these flowers growing naturally. This flower reminds me of butterflies- colorful butterflies to be exact.

Posted on February 18, 2021 03:55 AM by dshosie11