Plantago media |
Plantago aristata |
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hoary plantain, plantain moyen |
bottlebrush indianwheat, bract plantain, bristly plantain, large bract plantain |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex glabrous or hairy; roots taproots, thick. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–20 mm. |
20–40 mm. |
Leaves | prostrate, sometimes ascending, 40–200 × 30–70 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces hairy, hairs 0.5 mm. |
30–200 × 3–7 mm; blade linear or narrowly lanceolate, margins entire, rarely toothed, veins conspicuous or not, abaxial surface villous, adaxial glabrous or sparsely villous. |
Scapes | 80–300 mm, not groove-angled, hirsute. |
100–500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. |
Spikes | 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. |
greenish or brownish, 80–150 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs; bracts almost linear, 15–30 mm, length 2–12 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 2 mm, adaxial 2 nearly distinct; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals 2.7–3.7 mm; corolla bilaterally symmetric, lobes reflexed, adaxials 1.4–2.3 mm, laterals symmetric, base deeply cordate; stamens 4, connective elongated, apex acute. |
Seeds | 2–4, 2 mm. |
2, 2.5–2.9 mm. |
2n | = 12, 24. |
= 20. |
Plantago media |
Plantago aristata |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Disturbed areas, neutral and basic soils. | Roadsides, pastures, disturbed ground. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CT; IL; MA; ME; MI; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; WI; MB; NB; ON; QC; Eurasia [Introduced in North America] |
AL; AR; CA; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; NS; ON [Introduced in Central America, Europe, Asia]
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Discussion | 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.) |
Plantago aristata is similar to P. patagonica; the latter is distinguished by its dense, villous indument. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 290. | FNA vol. 17, p. 284. |
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Synonyms | P. patagonica var. aristata, P. purshii var. aristata | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 113. (1753) | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 95. (1803) |
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