Plantago hookeriana |
Plantago firma |
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California plantain, Hooker's plantain, tallow weed |
Chilean plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
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. |
20–50 × 2–15 mm; blade narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces densely pilose or glabrate. |
Scapes | 280–580 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. |
10–50 mm, hairy, hairs appressed or nearly patent. |
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. |
greenish or brownish, 40–60 mm, densely flowered; bracts triangular, 2–3.1 mm, length 0.7–1.1 times sepals. |
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. |
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, 2.4–3.4 mm. |
2, 1.5–2.2 mm, adaxial face flat. |
2n | = 20. |
= 24. |
Plantago hookeriana |
Plantago firma |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering fall. |
Habitat | Sandy soils, disturbed areas. | Sandy soils. |
Elevation | 0–1300 m. (0–4300 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
LA; MS; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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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. hookeriana var. nuda | P. truncata subsp. firma |
Name authority | Fischer & C. A. Meyer: Index Seminum (St. Petersburg) 1838: 39. (1839) | Kunze ex Walpers: Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, suppl. 1: 402. (1843) |
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