Plantago afra |
Plantago rhodosperma |
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glandular plantain |
redseed indianwheat, redseed plantain, Virginia plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 100–350 mm, freely branched. |
0–10 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. |
60–290 × 7–30 mm; blade obovate or elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces pilose. |
Scapes | 30–50 mm, hairy. |
15–150 mm, hairy, hairs patent, long. |
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, yellowish, or brownish, 35–300 mm, densely or loosely flowered; bracts narrowly triangular or triangular, 2.5–3.2 mm, length 0.7–1.1 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 3–3.5 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2–3 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals asymmetric, 2.7–3.6 mm, apex acuminate; corolla radially symmetric, lobes erect, forming a beak, 2–3.1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Capsules | lanceoloid. |
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Seeds | 2, 2–3 mm. |
2, dark red, 2.3–2.8 mm, adaxial face concave. |
2n | = 12. |
= 24. |
Plantago afra |
Plantago rhodosperma |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Disturbed habitats. | Rocky or sandy soils, grasslands, disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–2600 m. (0–8500 ft.) |
Distribution |
MA; s Europe [Introduced in North America] |
AL; AR; AZ; CA; GA; IL; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NE; NM; OK; TN; TX; n Mexico
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 284. | FNA vol. 17, p. 292. |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 168. (1762) | Decaisne: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 722. (1852) |
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