Phyla (genus)

Phyla is a genus of eustarid plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. The name is derived from the Greek word φυλή (phyle), meaning "tribe", and most likely refers to the tightly clustered flowers or the spreading, mat-like growth. Members of the genus are known generally as fogfruit or frogfruit. Species once classified in the genus Lippia may be known by the common name lippia. Some species, e.g. Aztec Sweet Herb (P. dulcis), are used in cooking.

Selected species Phyla canescens (Kunth) Greene – hairy frogfruit/fogfruit Phyla chinensis Lour. Phyla cuneifolia (Torr.) Greene – wedgeleaf frogfruit/fogfruit, wedgeleaf Phyla dulcis (Trevir.) Moldenke, – Aztec sweet herb, honeyherb, hierba dulce (Spanish), tzopelic-xihuitl (Nahuatl) Phyla fruticosa (Mill.) Kennedy – diamondleaf frogfruit/fogfruit Phyla × intermedia Moldenke – intermediate frogfruit/fogfruit Phyla lanceolata (Michx.) Greene – lanceleaf frogfruit/fogfruit Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene – turkey tangle, sawtooth frogfruit/fogfruit Phyla stoechadifolia (L.) Small – southern frogfruit/fogfruit

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