A Zinnia flower at Bauhinia Drive
Zinnia is a genus of 20 species of annual and perennial plants of family Asteraceae, originally from scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the American Southwest to South America, but primarily Mexico, and notable for their solitary long-stemmed flowers that come in a variety of bright colors. More info about the plant can be found here.
Lantana urticoides

Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants, native to tropical regions of the Americas, Africa and existing as an imported plant in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region. The genus includes both herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.5-2 m tall. Their common names are shrub verbenas or lantanas. More info about the plant can be found here.
a Lantana flower (Lantana montevidensis)
Lantana montevidensis is a species of lantana known by many common names, such as trailing lantana, weeping lantana, creeping lantana, small lantana, purple lantana or trailing shrubverbena. It is native to South America but it is present nearly worldwide as an introduced species, and in some areas, such as parts of Australia, a noxious weed. It is also kept as an ornamental plant for its plentiful colorful flowers. This is a small strongly-scented flowering shrub with oval-shaped green leaves. The inflorescence is a circular head of several purple to lavender to red funnel-shaped flowers with lobed corollas each nearly a centimeter wide. The fruit consists of a pair of nutlets surrounded by flesh somewhat like a berry. This plant is toxic to livestock.






