Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene, 1899 43% complete

Fogfruit

Pittonia 4: 46 (1899)

Data sources

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Sourced12 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded11 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Greene No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Pittonia 4: 46 (1899) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1899 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Fogfruit No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Tropics & Subtropics No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 30 cm Differs from sources
Biological type empty Not on the record
Flower color blue, purple
  • purple, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 350, 877, 882
Differs from sources
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Fruit shape mericarp Sourced
Growth form Stoloniferous
  • Stoloniferous · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Inflorescence type empty Not on the record
Maximum height empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug, sep, oct
  • jun|jul|aug|sep|oct · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Differs from sources
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air
  • 7 / 9 · humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 8 / 9 · light · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 8.5
  • pH 8.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 6
  • pH 6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type —
  • salt_tolerant_ornamental · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 341, 414
Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record