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 '''Jalapippalī''' consists of the dried whole plant of Phyla nodiflora Greene syn. Lippia nodiflora Mich. (Fam. Verbenaceae) It is a small creeping perennial herb found commonly in sandy wet, grassy places along bunds of irrigation channels, canal edges and river banks almost throughout greater part of India and up to 900 m on the hills.

{{Uses|Blenorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Lithiasis}}, {{Uses|Ischuria}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Pain in the knees}}, {{Uses|Hookworm}}, {{Uses|Gastric troubles}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Swollen cervical glands}}, {{Uses|Erysipelas}}, {{Uses|Burns}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.

{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Stem}}, {{Parts Used|Fruit}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.

{{Common names|kn=Nelahippaliಜಲಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ Jala hippali, ಕೆರೆಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ Kere hippali|ml=Nirtippali, Podutalai|sa=Jalapippalikā, Toyavallarī, śaradī, Matsyādanī, Matsyagandhā|ta=Potuttali|te=Bokkena|hi=Jalpipali, Panisigaa, Bhuiokaraa|en=Purple Lippia|mr=Goura mundi, Jala pimpali}}<ref name="Common names"/>

{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves 1-3 x 0.8-1.5 cm, obovate-spathulate or oblanceolate, sometimes elliptic or cuneiform, base cuneate, margin sharply serrate above the middle, apex rounded or obtuse, fleshy, glabrescent to appressed pubescent; petiole to 8 mm long, decurrent.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary spikes|whiteWhite-pink|4|Flowers 5-merous, sessile, aggregated in axillary, globose-capitate or elongate, cylindric, stalked spikes, 1-2.5 cm long when mature and 6-9 mm across; peduncle solitary in eachaxil, 1.5-6 cm long. Bracts small, closely imbricate, obovate. Calyx cupular, aboutequalling the corolla tube, deeply 2-cleft; lobes lanceolate. Corolla pink Flowering from March to white, 2-2.5 mm long, salver-form, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, emarginate, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, included. May}}

{{Fruit|Drupe|2 mm long|||enclosing Enclosing two, 1-celled pyrenes.||Fruiting from March to May}}

Phyla nodiflora succeeds in a wide range of habitats from the subtropics to the tropics. Succeeds in any well-drained soil in a sunny position.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

{{Commonly seen|Warmer areas of China}}, {{Commonly seen|Stream banks}}, {{Commonly seen|Grassy places}}.

<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230730 Morphology]</ref><ref name="MorphologyCommon names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/p/phyla-nodiflora Common names]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Phyla+nodifloraCultivation details]</ref> <ref name="Cultivation detailKarnataka Medicinal Plants"]>”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.737, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>

*[https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Phyla-Nodiflora-Cid1173Phyla nodiflora on herbpathy.com]*[https://www.medicinalplantsarchive.us/medicinal-uses/phyla-nodiflora-l-greene.htmlPhyla nodiflora on medicinal plants archive]*[https://www.wildturmeric.net/phyla-nodiflora-poduthalai-medicinal-uses-health-benefits/Phyla nodiflora on wild turmeric.net]