Plantago helleri |
Plantago media |
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Heller's plantain |
hoary plantain, plantain moyen |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Perennials; caudex glabrous or hairy; roots taproots, thick. |
Stems | 0–12 mm. |
0–20 mm. |
Leaves | 50–130 × 3–7 mm; blade linear, margins entire, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous, adaxial rarely glabrous. |
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 | 80–250 mm, hairy, hairs patent, long and antrorse, short. |
80–300 mm, not groove-angled, hirsute. |
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. |
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 3.5–4 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 3–3.6 mm, base slightly cordate; stamens 4, connective elongated, apex acute. |
sepals 2 mm, adaxial 2 nearly distinct; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Seeds | 2, 3.2–3.8 mm. |
2–4, 2 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 12, 24. |
Plantago helleri |
Plantago media |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Dry slopes and flats on limestone. | Disturbed areas, neutral and basic soils. |
Elevation | 100–1700 m. (300–5600 ft.) | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
NM; TX
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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 | 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.) |
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. 287. | FNA vol. 17, p. 290. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Small: Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 288. (1899) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 113. (1753) |
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