Phyllis nobla is a small, glabrous or pubescent subshrub in the family Rubiaceae.
Description Leaves are entire, lanceolate to ovate, acute. Flowers are whitish, small in lax terminal and axillary panicles. Fruiting pedicels are pendulous.Bramwell, D.; Bramwell, Z. (2001). Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Rueda. .
Distribution Madeira Cliffs, rocky banks and levada walls from sea level to 1800 m; widespread in Madeira but rarer in Porto Santo where it occurs on the northern coast near Fonte d'Areia and on Pico do Facho and Ilheu de Baiyo; also on Deserta Grande Island and the eastern side of Bugio.Press, J. R. and M. J. Short. Flora of Madeira. Natural History Museum, UK. 1994. .
Canary Islands Tenerife: Laurel forest cliffs and banks, Sierra Anaga, Las Mercedes to Vueltas de de Taganana, Aguamansa etc. locally very common, 600–1200 m; La Palma: Cumbre Nueva, El Paso, Barlovento etc.; La Gomera: Monte del Cedro, Arure, Chorros de Epina; El Hierro: Forest regions of El Golfo and Valverde (Ventejís); Gran Canaria: Pinar de Tamadaba, pine forest cliffs, 1000 m, Presa de los Pérez, rare.Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands by David Bramwell MSc., PhD., Zoë I. Bramwell BSc, Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd, London and Burford, 1974,
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