Phyla nodiflora — Overview

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Least Concern (LC)

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Prostrate perennial with long trailing stems growing from a woody taproot. Leaves opposite, somewhat fleshy, obovate or spathulate, coarsely serrate in the apical half. Inflorescence in dense, many-flowered, ovoid spikes on long peduncles. Corolla pale mauve-pink to white, often yellowish in the throat.

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