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"Frogfruit" redirects here. In colloquial use this often refers to Phyla nodiflora specifically.

"Lippia" redirects here. In particular in Australia, this often refers to Phyla canescens specifically.

Fogfruits or frogfruits
Turkey Tangle (P. nodiflora) with inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Verbenaceae
Genus:	Phyla Lour.
Type species
Phyla chinensis Lour., 1790[1]
Species
See text

Phyla (pronounced /ˈfaɪlə/)^[2] is a genus of eustarid plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. Species in this genus are known generally as fogfruit or frogfruit. Species once classified under genus Lippia may be known by the common name lippia. Some species, e.g. Bushy Lippia (P. dulcis), are used in cooking.

[edit] Selected species

• Phyla alba – Licorice Verbena
• Phyla canescens (Kunth) Greene, 1899 – Hairy Frogfruit/Fogfruit
• Phyla chinensis Lour., 1790
• Phyla cuneifolia (Torr.) Greene – Wedgeleaf Frogfruit/Fogfruit, Wedgeleaf
• Phyla dulcis (Trevir.) Moldenke, 1934 – Bushy Lippia, Aztec Sweet Herb, Honeyherb, Hierba dulce (Spanish), Tzopelic-xihuitl (Nahuatl)
• Phyla fruticosa (Mill.) Kennedy, 2003 – Diamondleaf Frogfruit/Fogfruit
• Phyla lanceolata (Michx.) Greene, 1899 – Lanceleaf Frogfruit/Fogfruit
• Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene, 1899 – Turkey Tangle, Sawtooth Frogfruit/Fogfruit
• Phyla stoechadifolia (L.) Small, 1909^[3][4]

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

• Kathleen N. Brenzel, ed (1995). Sunset Western Garden Book (6 ed.). Sunset Publishing Corporation. ISBN 9780376038517. 

[edit] External links

• Media related to Phyla at Wikimedia Commons
• USDA Plants Profile: Phyla

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