Plantago argyrea |
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saltmeadow plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–20 mm. |
Leaves | 45–140 × 1.5–4 mm; blade linear, margins entire, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces sericeous, rarely lanate. |
Scapes | 300–1300 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. |
Spikes | greenish or brownish, 70–200 mm, densely or loosely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs; bracts ovate, 1.5–2 mm, length 0.4–0.7 times sepals, apex acute. |
Flowers | sepals 2.6–3.3 mm; corolla bilaterally symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.7–2.6 mm, base cordate; stamens 4, connective slightly elongated, apex obtuse. |
Seeds | 2, 2.3–2.8 mm. |
Plantago argyrea |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Clearings in forests. |
Elevation | 700–2900 m. (2300–9500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua)
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 284. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | E. Morris: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 111. (1900) |
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