Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene

Family: Verbenaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Blairia nodiflora Gaertn., Lippia canescens, Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx., Lippia repens Spreng., Phyla incisa Small, Verbena nodiflora L., Zapania nodiflora Michx.

Common names:

Carpet-grass [Carpet grass] (1930) (106)

Carpetweed [Carpet weed] (1937, TX) (124)

Creeping lippia (1923) (138)

Fogfruit [Fog fruit, Fog-fruit] (1840-1930) (19, 92, 106)

Frog-fruit [Frog fruit, Frogfruit] (1937, TX) (124)

Lawn plant (1930) (106)

Lippia (1930) (106)

Mat-grass [Mat grass] (1930) (106)

Spatulate-leaf fogfruit [Spatulate-leaved fog-fruit] (1913-1937) (5, 97)

Turkey tangle fogfruit (Present) (50)

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