Plantago aristata
bottlebrush indianwheat, bract plantain, bristly plantain, large bract plantain
20–40 mm.
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.
100–500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short.
greenish or brownish, 80–150 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs;
bracts almost linear, 15–30 mm, length 2–12 times sepals.
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.
2, 2.5–2.9 mm.
= 20.
Plantago aristata
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.)
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