Plantago helleri |
Plantago firma |
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Heller's plantain |
Chilean plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–12 mm. |
0–10 mm. |
Leaves | 50–130 × 3–7 mm; blade linear, margins entire, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous, adaxial rarely glabrous. |
20–50 × 2–15 mm; blade narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces densely pilose or glabrate. |
Scapes | 80–250 mm, hairy, hairs patent, long and antrorse, short. |
10–50 mm, hairy, hairs appressed or nearly patent. |
Spikes | greenish, whitish, or brownish, 50–120 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs; bracts triangular, 2.5–8 mm, length 0.6–2.2 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 3.5–4 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 3–3.6 mm, base 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, 3.2–3.8 mm. |
2, 1.5–2.2 mm, adaxial face flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 24. |
Plantago helleri |
Plantago firma |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering fall. |
Habitat | Dry slopes and flats on limestone. | Sandy soils. |
Elevation | 100–1700 m. (300–5600 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
NM; TX
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CA; South America (Chile) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Populations of Plantago helleri are concentrated in central Texas, especially in the Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos. The species also occurs in Eddy and Lincoln counties, New Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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. 287. | FNA vol. 17, p. 286. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | P. truncata subsp. firma | |
Name authority | Small: Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 288. (1899) | Kunze ex Walpers: Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, suppl. 1: 402. (1843) |
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