Plantago afra |
Plantago sparsiflora |
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glandular plantain |
pineland plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, glabrous; roots taproots, thick. |
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. |
50–300 × 10–30 mm; blade lanceolate, margins entire, sometimes toothed, veins conspicuous, laterals branching from base, surfaces sparsely hairy. |
Scapes | 30–50 mm, hairy. |
75–150 mm, sparsely hairy. |
Spikes | greenish or brownish, 40–65 mm, densely flowered, glandular-hairy; bracts all similar, ovate, 3–5 mm, lengths 1–1.5 times sepals. |
brownish or greenish, 100–450 mm, loosely flowered, rachis visible between flowers; bracts ovate, 1 mm, length 0.5–0.6 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 3–3.5 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2–3 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals 2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes spreading, 1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Capsules | lanceoloid. |
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Seeds | 2, 2–3 mm. |
2, 2 mm. |
2n | = 12. |
= 24. |
Plantago afra |
Plantago sparsiflora |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Disturbed habitats. | Moist, sandy soils, open, undisturbed pine woods. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
MA; s Europe [Introduced in North America] |
FL; GA; NC; SC
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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.) |
Populations of Plantago sparsiflora occur mainly along the Atlantic coast from Columbia County, North Carolina, south to Volusia County, Florida. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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) | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 94. (1803) |
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