Burke: Plantago macrocarpa vs. Plantago subnuda

	Plantago macrocarpa	Plantago subnuda
	Alaska plantain	Mexican plantain, tall coastal plantain
Habit		Fibrous-rooted perennial from a short, stout, brown-woolly crown.
Leaves		Leaves all basal, succulent, glabrous, or with a few, stiff hairs, several nerved, elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 5-20 cm. long and 1.5-6 cm. wide.
Flowers		Scapes stout, 0.5-4 dm. tall, hairy; flowers in a dense, bracteate spike, 5-25 cm. long and up to 1 cm. thick; bracts firm, keeled, 3 mm. long; sepals 4; corolla lobes 4, 2-4 mm. long, narrow, acute, forming a persistent, closed beak over the capsule; stamens 4; ovary superior, 2-celled.
Fruits		Capsule 2.5-4.5 mm. long.

	Plantago macrocarpa	Plantago subnuda
Flowering time	May-June	May-September
Habitat	Coastal wetlands.	Tidal flats and coastal bluffs.
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 in coastal southwestern Washington; Washington 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. maritima, P. patagonica, P. pusilla
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: 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

Plantago macrocarpa

Plantago subnuda

Alaska plantain

Mexican plantain, tall coastal plantain

Habit

Fibrous-rooted perennial from a short, stout, brown-woolly crown.

Leaves

Leaves all basal, succulent, glabrous, or with a few, stiff hairs, several nerved, elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 5-20 cm. long and 1.5-6 cm. wide.

Flowers

Scapes stout, 0.5-4 dm. tall, hairy;

flowers in a dense, bracteate spike, 5-25 cm. long and up to 1 cm. thick;

bracts firm, keeled, 3 mm. long;

sepals 4;

corolla lobes 4, 2-4 mm. long, narrow, acute, forming a persistent, closed beak over the capsule;

stamens 4;

ovary superior, 2-celled.

Fruits

Capsule 2.5-4.5 mm. long.