- Family : VERBENACEAE
(Verbena Or Vervain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Verbenaceae
- Basionym : Verbena nodiflora L.
- Synonym(s) : Blairia nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.; Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.; Lippia nodiflora var. normalis Kuntze; Platonia nodiflora (L.) Raf.; Verbena nodiflora L.; Zappania nodiflora (L.) Lam.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene
- Common name : Turkey Tangle Frogfruit, Capeweed, Carper Weed, Creeping Lip Plant, Creeping Vervain, Purple lippia
- Vernacular name :
- Jalpapli (Hindi)
- Nelahippali (Kannada)
- Poduthalai (Tamil)
- Jala pippali (Sanskrit)
- Ratoliya (Marathi)
- Kattuthippali, Neerthippali (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Common in marshy places, along lakes and dried water bodies.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagara district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Alabama, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Islands, Angola, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caro
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropics & sub-tropics
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 268
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phyla nodiflora
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phyla nodiflora. Downloaded on 12 February 2026.
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