Flora of North America species comparison

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Plantago erecta

California plantain, dotseed plantain, erect dwarf plantain
Habit Annuals; roots taproots, slender.
Stems

0–10 mm.
Leaves

50–120 × 1–4 mm;

blade linear, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous or lanate, rarely glabrate.
Scapes

200–1500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short.
Spikes

greenish or brownish, 70–150 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs;

bracts ovate, 1–2 mm, length 0.3–0.8 times sepals.
Flowers

sepals 2.5–3.4 mm;

corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2–2.7 mm, base obtuse or slightly cordate;

stamens 4, connective elongated, apex acute.
Seeds

2, 2.1–2.9 mm.
2n

= 20.

Plantago erecta
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Dunes, grassy hills and flats, clearings in woods.
Elevation -50–1400 m. (-200–4600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 286.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Plantago
Sibling taxa
P. afra, P. argyrea, P. aristata, P. australis, P. canescens, P. cordata, P. coronopus, P. elongata, P. eriopoda, P. firma, P. floccosa, P. helleri, P. heterophylla, P. hookeriana, P. indica, P. lanceolata, P. macrocarpa, P. major, P. maritima, P. media, P. ovata, P. patagonica, P. pusilla, P. rhodosperma, P. rugelii, P. sempervirens, P. sparsiflora, P. subnuda, P. tweedyi, P. virginica, P. wrightiana
Synonyms P. patagonica var. californica, P. erecta subsp. rigidior, P. hookeriana var. californica
Name authority E. Morris: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 118. (1900)
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