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Phyla canescens

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Family Verbenaceae

Taxonomy: Phyla canescens (Kunth) Greene

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lippia canescens Kunth (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lippia nodiflora f. canescens (Kunth) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lippia nodiflora var. minor Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lippia nodiflora var. rosea (D.Don) Munz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyla nodiflora var. canescens (Kunth) Moldenke (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Phyla nodiflora var. minor (Hook.) N.O'Leary & Mulgura (taxonomic synonym)
  • Phyla nodiflora var. rosea (D.Don) Moldenke (taxonomic synonym)
  • Zapania nodiflora var. rosea D.Don (taxonomic synonym)
  • Zappania canescens (Kunth) Gibert (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Zappania nodiflora var. rosea D.Don (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx. (misapplied)
  • Lippia nodiflora var. repens (Bertol.) Schauer (misapplied)
  • Lippia nodiflora var. sarmentosa (Willd.) Schauer (misapplied)
  • Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Cheal_2017 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (11), Stephens_2021 (2), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 65 records in 11 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.67 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 24.5 mm (5-72 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.67 mm (3-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.45 cm (0.1-0.8 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_obovate (1); narrowly_ovate (2); obovate (3); spathulate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnyyy (1); yyyynnnnnyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2021]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231117N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231116Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023811VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201722D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Stephens_202112R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.