Phyla nodiflora

Frogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Capeweed

Verbenaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:	Flower
Life Span:	Short-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White,purple
Fruit Color:	NA
Phenology:	Evergreen
Noted for:	Showy flowers, Interesting foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:	Low growing groundcover. Can be used as a turf substitute in low traffic areas.
Propagation:	Division.
Availability:	Friends
Light:	Full Sun,  Part Shade
Moisture Tolerance:	always floodedextremely dry
	(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry)
Moisture Tolerance:	Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
Soil or other substrate:	Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pH:	Adaptable

Ecology

Wildlife:
Insects:	Larval host  for common buckeye (Junonia coenia), phaon crescent (Phyciodes phaon) and white peacock (Anartia jatrophae) butterflies.  Nectar plant for barred yellow (Eurema daira), ceraunus blue (Hemiargus ceraunus), field skipper (Atalopedes campestris), gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus), little metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis), Miami blue (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri), Palatka skipper (Euphyes pilatka), phaon crescent, queen (Danaus gilippus), swarthy skipper (Nastra lherminier), tropical checkered-skipper (Pyrgus oileus) and other butterflies.
Native Habitats:	Dry-moist-wet sites. Disturbed wet prairies, ruderal areas.

Distribution and Planting Zones

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