VERBENACEAE

Phyla incisa

Common Name:  Turkey Tangle Frogfruit

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habit--colonies of frogfruit can become extensive stem and inflorescence--notice the opposite leaf arrangement (this is characteristic of the Verbenaceae)

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flowers flowers again--the throat of the corolla starts off yellow, and after pollination turns purple!
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leaves--what kind of leaf shape and margin are present here?