Plantago erecta |
Plantago firma |
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California plantain, dotseed plantain, erect dwarf plantain |
Chilean plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
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. |
20–50 × 2–15 mm; blade narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces densely pilose or glabrate. |
Scapes | 200–1500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. |
10–50 mm, hairy, hairs appressed or nearly patent. |
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, 40–60 mm, densely flowered; bracts triangular, 2–3.1 mm, length 0.7–1.1 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 1.8–2.8 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes patent or erect, forming a beak, 1.7–3.1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Seeds | 2, 2.1–2.9 mm. |
2, 1.5–2.2 mm, adaxial face flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 24. |
Plantago erecta |
Plantago firma |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering fall. |
Habitat | Dunes, grassy hills and flats, clearings in woods. | Sandy soils. |
Elevation | -50–1400 m. (-200–4600 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA; South America (Chile) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Plantago firma has been known in California, especially in Marin County, since at least 1896, but the most recent collection known was made in 1957. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 286. | FNA vol. 17, p. 286. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
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Synonyms | P. patagonica var. californica, P. erecta subsp. rigidior, P. hookeriana var. californica | P. truncata subsp. firma |
Name authority | E. Morris: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 118. (1900) | Kunze ex Walpers: Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, suppl. 1: 402. (1843) |
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