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Phyla canescens
Also called Hairy Frogfruit
Phyla canescens is a species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Verbenaceae, native to South America. It has been introduced to Australia as an ornamental plant and low-maintenance lawn, but has become naturalised and is considered a serious environmental weed. It is known by several common names including carpet weed, Condamine couch, Condamine curse, fog fruit, frog fruit, hairy fogfruit, lippia, mat grass and no-mow grass.
Phyla canescens is native to South America where it has been recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. It is a component of the flooding pampa grassland community. It has spread to many other parts of the world as an agricultural weed and an invasive plant. In Australia, Phyla canescens has invaded wetlands and floodplains with heavy clay soils, especially in the Murray–Darling basin, to the detriment of the native vegetation; the plant does best in habitats that are inundated occasionally, but can not compete with the grass Paspalum distichum and the sedge Eleocharis plana in more heavily inundated sites.
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