Plantago firma |
Plantago media |
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Chilean plantain |
hoary plantain, plantain moyen |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Perennials; caudex glabrous or hairy; roots taproots, thick. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
0–20 mm. |
Leaves | 20–50 × 2–15 mm; blade narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces densely pilose or glabrate. |
prostrate, sometimes ascending, 40–200 × 30–70 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces hairy, hairs 0.5 mm. |
Scapes | 10–50 mm, hairy, hairs appressed or nearly patent. |
80–300 mm, not groove-angled, hirsute. |
Spikes | greenish or brownish, 40–60 mm, densely flowered; bracts triangular, 2–3.1 mm, length 0.7–1.1 times sepals. |
grayish or whitish, 100–400 mm, densely flowered, shiny; corolla lobes of neighboring flowers overlapping; bracts ovate, 1.8–2 mm, length 0.9–1 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. |
sepals 2 mm, adaxial 2 nearly distinct; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Seeds | 2, 1.5–2.2 mm, adaxial face flat. |
2–4, 2 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 12, 24. |
Plantago firma |
Plantago media |
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Phenology | Flowering fall. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Sandy soils. | Disturbed areas, neutral and basic soils. |
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; South America (Chile) [Introduced in North America]
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CT; IL; MA; ME; MI; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; WI; MB; NB; ON; QC; Eurasia [Introduced in North America] |
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.) |
Three varieties of Plantago media have been recognized in western Europe. It is not clear how names of those varieties apply to P. media in eastern Europe and North America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 286. | FNA vol. 17, p. 290. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | P. truncata subsp. firma | |
Name authority | Kunze ex Walpers: Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, suppl. 1: 402. (1843) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 113. (1753) |
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