Can someone please tell me what plant this is? The photographs were taken today on the island Aegina, Greece, in a garden near the sea. The flowers are very small and it is definitely not a garden plant. Immagine: 169,17 KB
Modificato da - Centaurea in Data 13 febbraio 2016 21:01:20
It is a garden escapee. The genus is Phyla and usually the choice is between P. canescens and P. nodiflora.
On the basis of what you show I would be tempted to identify is as Phyla nodiflora. Other important charateristics are the shape of the bracts (the small leaves that are below each flower) and the shape of the calyx.
Joanna, could you make a photo of the lower side of the leaves? This is because the presence of prominent nervature on the abaxial face of leaves leads to P. nodiflora var. reptans: