Plantago canescens |
Plantago aristata |
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arctic plantain, gray-pubescent plantain, Siberian plantain |
bottlebrush indianwheat, bract plantain, bristly plantain, large bract plantain |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex usually woolly; roots taproots, thick. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–20 mm. |
20–40 mm. |
Leaves | ascending, 180–250 × 6–20 mm; blade linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate, margins entire, rarely toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces glabrate or hairy, hairs 1 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. |
Scapes | 50–230 mm, not groove-angled, hairy or glabrous. |
100–500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. |
Spikes | grayish or whitish, 80–350 mm, usually densely flowered, shiny; corolla lobes of neighboring flowers often overlapping; bracts broadly ovate, 1.8–2 mm, length 0.9–1 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 2 mm, adaxial 2 nearly distinct; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2 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. |
Seeds | 3–7, 1–1.8 mm. |
2, 2.5–2.9 mm. |
2n | = 12. |
= 20. |
Plantago canescens |
Plantago aristata |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Grassy, gravelly, and rocky slopes, cliffs. | Roadsides, pastures, disturbed ground. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; MT; AB; BC; NT; NU; YT; Asia |
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 | N. N. Tzvelev (1983) recognized six subspecies (including two in North America) within Plantago canescens; North American material is not segregated as such 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. 285. | FNA vol. 17, p. 284. |
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Synonyms | P. septata | P. patagonica var. aristata, P. purshii var. aristata |
Name authority | Adams: Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 9: 233, plate 13, fig. 1. (1834) | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 95. (1803) |
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