Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1830), On the species of the genus Verbena, and some nearly allied genera. Botanical Miscellany 1: 171 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad ripas fluminis "Saladillo, " in provincia "Cordova.""

O'Leary, N. & Mulgura, M.E. (2012), A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyla (Verbenaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98(4): 589 [basionym]

basionym of: Phyla nodiflora var. minor (Hook.) N.O'Leary & Mulgura legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phyla canescens (Kunth) Greene legitimate

---