Plantago heterophylla |
Plantago firma |
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slender plantain |
Chilean plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
0–10 mm. |
Leaves | 30–80 × 1–4 mm; blade linear, margins lobed, rarely entire, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces hairy, sometimes glabrous. |
20–50 × 2–15 mm; blade narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces densely pilose or glabrate. |
Scapes | 5–60 mm, hairy, sometimes glabrous. |
10–50 mm, hairy, hairs appressed or nearly patent. |
Spikes | greenish or brownish, 50–150 mm, loosely or densely flowered; bracts ovate, 2 mm, length 0.9–1.1 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 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes spreading, 0.5–1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 2. |
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 | 10–25(–30), 0.5–0.8 mm. |
2, 1.5–2.2 mm, adaxial face flat. |
2n | = 12. |
= 24. |
Plantago heterophylla |
Plantago firma |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. | Flowering fall. |
Habitat | Moist sandy soils. | Sandy soils. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; DE; FL; GA; IL; KS; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA [Introduced in South America (Argentina)]
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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. 287. | FNA vol. 17, p. 286. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | P. truncata subsp. firma | |
Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s. 5: 177. (1835) | Kunze ex Walpers: Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, suppl. 1: 402. (1843) |
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