Burke: Plantago macrocarpa vs. Plantago maritima

	Plantago macrocarpa	Plantago maritima
	Alaska plantain	sea plantain, seaside plantain
Habit		Perennial from a stout, elongate taproot or an erect, woody base, slightly woolly at the crown; scapes 5-25 cm. long, with stiff, aligned hairs.
Leaves		Leaves all basal, linear, fleshy, nearly glabrous, mostly sessile, weakly several-nerved, 5-25 cm. long.
Flowers		Inflorescence a dense, bracteate spike, 2-10 cm. long and under 1 cm. thick; bracts fleshy, broadly triangular-ovate, 1.5-4 mm. long; calyx 4-lobed; corolla tube densely short-hairy, the 4 lobes 1-1.5 mm. long; stamens 4, exerted; ovary superior, 2-celled.
Fruits		Capsule

	Plantago macrocarpa	Plantago maritima
Flowering time	May-June	May-July
Habitat	Coastal wetlands.	Salt marshes, bluffs and cliffs along the coast.
Distribution	Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the outer coast in Washington; Alaska to Oregon. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; British Columbia to California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
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. lanceolata, P. macrocarpa, P. major, P. patagonica, P. pusilla, P. subnuda
Web links	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search