Plantago afra |
Plantago aristata |
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glandular plantain |
bottlebrush indianwheat, bract plantain, bristly plantain, large bract plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 100–350 mm, freely branched. |
20–40 mm. |
Leaves | cauline, opposite, 30–60 × 1–4 mm; blade linear to linear-lanceolate, margins entire or slightly toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces hairy. |
30–200 × 3–7 mm; blade linear or narrowly lanceolate, margins entire, rarely toothed, veins conspicuous or not, abaxial surface villous, adaxial glabrous or sparsely villous. |
Scapes | 30–50 mm, hairy. |
100–500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. |
Spikes | greenish or brownish, 40–65 mm, densely flowered, glandular-hairy; bracts all similar, ovate, 3–5 mm, lengths 1–1.5 times sepals. |
greenish or brownish, 80–150 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs; bracts almost linear, 15–30 mm, length 2–12 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 3–3.5 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2–3 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals 2.7–3.7 mm; corolla bilaterally symmetric, lobes reflexed, adaxials 1.4–2.3 mm, laterals symmetric, base deeply cordate; stamens 4, connective elongated, apex acute. |
Capsules | lanceoloid. |
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Seeds | 2, 2–3 mm. |
2, 2.5–2.9 mm. |
2n | = 12. |
= 20. |
Plantago afra |
Plantago aristata |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Disturbed habitats. | Roadsides, pastures, disturbed ground. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
MA; s Europe [Introduced in North America] |
AL; AR; CA; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; NS; ON [Introduced in Central America, Europe, Asia]
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Discussion | Plantago afra is known in Massachusetts from a single collection made in 1927 in Worcester County. Plantago psyllium Linnaeus (1762, not 1753), a rejected name, and P. indica Linnaeus are misapplied names that pertain here. Plantago squalida Salisbury is an illegitimate name that pertains here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Plantago aristata is similar to P. patagonica; the latter is distinguished by its dense, villous indument. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 284. | FNA vol. 17, p. 284. |
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Synonyms | P. patagonica var. aristata, P. purshii var. aristata | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 168. (1762) | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 95. (1803) |
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