EPPO Global Database

Phyla nodiflora(LIPNO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: LIPNO
  • Preferred name: Phyla nodiflora
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Greene

Notes

South America (throughout). Cultivated as a ground-cover plant for gardens in dry climates. Introduced in Mediterranean, Western Asia (Arabia, Iran, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (except Laos, Vietnam), Malesia (Malaya, Sulawesi, Philippines), China, Japan, Africa (practically throughout), Madagascar, USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean (throughout), New Guinea, Australia

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Lippia nodiflora (Linnaeus) Richard
Lippia repens (Bertoloni) Sprengel
Phyla chinensis Loureiro
Verbena nodiflora Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
carpetweed English (AU)
creeping lip plant English
frogfruit English (AU)
matchweed English (US)
mat lippia English (US)
fraise de mer French
phyla à fleurs aux nœuds French
cidrón Spanish (PR)
hierba de la virgen Spanish
oro azul Spanish (CU)
turre hembra Spanish (BO)
erba luigia minore Italian
iwadare-sô Japanese
イワダレソウ Japanese
липпия узлоцветковая Russian
suçileği Turkish
lipeyah zochelet Hebrew
לִיפְּיָה זוֹחֶלֶת Hebrew
lipje Albanian
verbena de nusos florits Catalan
guò jiāng Chinese
guò jiāng téng Chinese
过江藤 Chinese
jal buti Hindi