Verbenaceae
Frog fruit
Phyla nodiflora
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Phyla
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Common names
By language (14)
- Bangla
- ভূঁই ওকরা, একটি সপুষ্পক বিরুৎ
- Chinese
- 过江藤, 鴨舌癀, 大二郎箭, 水马齿苋, 水黄芹, 苦舌草, 蓬莱草, 过江龙
- English
- Frog fruit, Sawtooth fogfruit, Turkey tangle, Turkey tangle fogfruit, Turkey tangle frogfruit, Creeping lip plant, Turkey-tangle fogfruit
- French
- Verveine Nodiflore
- Hausa
- Godon kada
- Hebrew
- ליפיה זוחלת
- Indonesian
- Gigi gergaji
- Japanese
- イワダレソウ
- lah
- بوکن
- Malayalam
- നീർത്തിപ്പലി
- Nepali
- मत्स्यगन्धा
- Persian
- توت پایابی
- Tamil
- பொடுதலை
- Thai
- หญ้าเหล็กขูด
Synonyms
- Bertolonia crassifolia Raf.
- Blairia nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.
- Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.
- Lippia nodiflora Cham.
- Lippia nodiflora var. normalis Kuntze
- Platonia nudiflora (L.) Raf.
- Verbena nodiflora L.
- Zappania crassifolia (Raf.) Raf.
- Zappania nodiflora (L.) Lam.
- Zappania nodiflora Pers. ex Baker
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Carla f, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Sumit Bhowmick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.