Burke: Plantago subnuda

	Plantago subnuda
	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 subnuda
Flowering time	May-September
Habitat	Tidal flats and coastal bluffs.
Distribution	Occurring west of the Cascades crest in coastal southwestern Washington; Washington to California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	P. arenaria, P. coronopus, P. elongata, P. lanceolata, P. macrocarpa, P. major, P. maritima, P. patagonica, P. pusilla
Web links	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 subnuda

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.