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Taxon:  Phyla canescens (Kunth) Greene



Summary
Genus:
Phyla
Family:
Verbenaceae
Nomen number:
429348
Place of publication:
Pittonia 4:48. 1899
Verified:
12/17/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Lippia canescens Kunth

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene var. canescens (Kunth) Moldenke

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lippia filiformis Schrad.
Lippia nodiflora L. var. minor Gillies & Hook.
Phyla filiformis (Schrad.) Meikle
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene var. minor (Gillies & Hook.) N. OʼLeary & Múlgura
Invalid Designation(s)
Phyla nodiflora auct. nonn.
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Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45 Note: = Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  3. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  4. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  5. Julien, M. et al. 2004. Lippia, Phyla canescens, an increasing threat to agriculture and the environment. Pap. Proc. Austral. Weeds Conf. no. 14, 476-479.
  6. Kennedy, K. 1992. A systematic study of the genus Phyla Lour. (Verbenaceae: Verbenoideae, Lantanae). Unpublished dissertation (University of Texas at Austin) 136-151.
  7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: = Phyla nodiflora var. canescens
  8. Munir, A. A. 1993. A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyla Lour. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 15:121-125.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
English
carpet-grass –
carpetweed –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaBuenos Aires 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaEntre Ríos 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaJujuy 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaMendoza 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSalta 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador s.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru w.
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador (s.), Peru (w.)
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, Salta], Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentallawn/turffide F Turk; F Cyprus, as Phyla filiformisDavis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Weed  Julien, M. et al. 2004. Lippia, Phyla canescens, an increasing threat to agriculture and the environment. Pap. Proc. Austral. Weeds Conf. no. 14, 476-479.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=429348. Accessed 8 May 2025.