Flora of North America species comparison

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Plantago firma

Chilean plantain
Habit Annuals; roots taproots, slender.
Stems

0–10 mm.
Leaves

20–50 × 2–15 mm;

blade narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces densely pilose or glabrate.
Scapes

10–50 mm, hairy, hairs appressed or nearly patent.
Spikes

greenish or brownish, 40–60 mm, densely flowered;

bracts triangular, 2–3.1 mm, length 0.7–1.1 times sepals.
Flowers

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, 1.5–2.2 mm, adaxial face flat.
2n

= 24.

Plantago firma
Phenology Flowering fall.
Habitat Sandy soils.
Elevation 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
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.)
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. erecta, P. eriopoda, 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. truncata subsp. firma
Name authority Kunze ex Walpers: Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, suppl. 1: 402. (1843)
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