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Turkey tangle fogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Also called Turkey Tangle Frogfruit, Frog fruit, Sawtooth fogfruit, Turkey tangle, Frogfruit, Capeweed, Carpetweed

Turkey tangle fogfruit
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Tropics & Subtropics
Climate
subtropical

About

Phyla nodiflora, commonly known as lippia, kurapia, turkey tangle frogfruit, capeweed, and frogfruit, is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae. It can be found in the tropics around the globe. It is often grown as an ornamental plant for ground cover, and is often present in yards or disturbed areas.

Where it grows

P. nodiflora has been found throughout North America, Asia, and Africa.

Other Phyla plants

Hairy fogfruit · Wedgeleaf · Lanceleaf fogfruit · Fogfruit

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phyla nodiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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