Plantago canescens |
Plantago pusilla |
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arctic plantain, gray-pubescent plantain, Siberian plantain |
dwarf plantain, little plantain, woolly indianwheat, woolly plantain |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex usually woolly; roots taproots, thick. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–20 mm. |
0–5 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. |
20–70 × 1–2 mm; blade linear, margins entire, sometimes toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces hairy or glabrous. |
Scapes | 50–230 mm, not groove-angled, hairy or glabrous. |
15–60 mm, hairy, sometimes glabrous. |
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, 20–100 mm, loosely or densely flowered; bracts triangular-ovate, 1.5–2 mm, length 0.9–1.1 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 2 mm, adaxial 2 nearly distinct; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals 1.5–2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes erect, forming a beak, 0.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 2. |
Seeds | 3–7, 1–1.8 mm. |
4, 0.8–1.3 mm. |
2n | = 12. |
= 12. |
Plantago canescens |
Plantago pusilla |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Grassy, gravelly, and rocky slopes, cliffs. | Dry to moist, sandy, alluvial soils. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; MT; AB; BC; NT; NU; YT; Asia |
AL; AR; CA; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WA
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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 pusilla is considered to be introduced in Oregon and Washington, and possibly in California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 285. | FNA vol. 17, p. 291. |
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Synonyms | P. septata | P. hybrida, P. pusilla var. major |
Name authority | Adams: Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 9: 233, plate 13, fig. 1. (1834) | Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 100. (1818) |
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