Flora of North America species comparison

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Plantago hookeriana

California plantain, Hooker's plantain, tallow weed
Habit Annuals; roots taproots, slender.
Stems

0–10 mm.
Leaves

60–120 × 4–10 mm;

blade linear, margins toothed (teeth to 4 mm), rarely entire, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous or sericeous.
Scapes

280–580 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short.
Spikes

greenish or brownish, 50–180 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs;

bracts ovate or triangular, 1.5–6 mm, length 0.6–1.4 times sepals, apex acute or acuminate.
Flowers

sepals 2.5–4 mm;

corolla bilaterally symmetric, abaxial and lateral lobes reflexed, adaxial erect, 2.2–2.5 mm, base slightly cordate;

stamens 4, connective significantly elongated, apex acute.
Seeds

2, 2.4–3.4 mm.
2n

= 20.

Plantago hookeriana
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Sandy soils, disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–1300 m. (0–4300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
LA; MS; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 287.
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. firma, P. floccosa, P. helleri, P. heterophylla, 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. hookeriana var. nuda
Name authority Fischer & C. A. Meyer: Index Seminum (St. Petersburg) 1838: 39. (1839)
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