Plantago erecta |
Plantago afra |
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California plantain, dotseed plantain, erect dwarf plantain |
glandular plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
100–350 mm, freely branched. |
Leaves | 50–120 × 1–4 mm; blade linear, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous or lanate, rarely glabrate. |
cauline, opposite, 30–60 × 1–4 mm; blade linear to linear-lanceolate, margins entire or slightly toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces hairy. |
Scapes | 200–1500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. |
30–50 mm, hairy. |
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. |
greenish or brownish, 40–65 mm, densely flowered, glandular-hairy; bracts all similar, ovate, 3–5 mm, lengths 1–1.5 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. |
sepals 3–3.5 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2–3 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Capsules | lanceoloid. |
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Seeds | 2, 2.1–2.9 mm. |
2, 2–3 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 12. |
Plantago erecta |
Plantago afra |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Dunes, grassy hills and flats, clearings in woods. | Disturbed habitats. |
Elevation | -50–1400 m. (-200–4600 ft.) | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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MA; s Europe [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Plantago afra is known in Massachusetts from a single collection made in 1927 in Worcester County. Plantago psyllium Linnaeus (1762, not 1753), a rejected name, and P. indica Linnaeus are misapplied names that pertain here. Plantago squalida Salisbury is an illegitimate name that pertains here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 286. | FNA vol. 17, p. 284. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | P. patagonica var. californica, P. erecta subsp. rigidior, P. hookeriana var. californica | |
Name authority | E. Morris: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 118. (1900) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 168. (1762) |
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