UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Plantago macrocarpa

Plantago lanceolata

Alaska plantain

English plantain
Habit Fibrous-rooted perennial from a short, stout, woody base, tan-woolly at the crown, the several scapes 1.5-6 dm. tall, grooved and ridged.
Leaves

Leaves all basal, woolly to glabrous, 3- to several-nerved, lance-elliptic, acute, 10-40 cm. long and 1-4 cm. wide.
Flowers

Inflorescence a dense, bracteate, cylindric spike, 1.5-8 cm. long and 1 cm. wide;

bracts thin, ovate, acuminate; the 4 sepals with strong mid-veins, the outer two united, with separate mid-veins;

corolla lobes 4, 2-2.5 mm. long, spreading or reflexed;

stamens 4, exerted;

ovary superior, 2-celled.
Fruits

Capsule 3-4 mm. long

Plantago macrocarpa

Plantago lanceolata
Flowering time May-June April-August
Habitat Coastal wetlands. Roadsides, fields, and other disturbed, open areas.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the outer coast in Washington; Alaska to Oregon.
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Occuring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast; cosmopolitan.
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Origin Native Introduced from Europe
Conservation status Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. arenaria, P. coronopus, P. elongata, P. lanceolata, P. major, P. maritima, P. patagonica, P. pusilla, P. subnuda
P. arenaria, P. coronopus, P. elongata, P. macrocarpa, P. major, P. maritima, P. patagonica, P. pusilla, P. subnuda
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