Plantago media |
Plantago canescens |
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hoary plantain, plantain moyen |
arctic plantain, gray-pubescent plantain, Siberian plantain |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex glabrous or hairy; roots taproots, thick. | Perennials; caudex usually woolly; roots taproots, thick. |
Stems | 0–20 mm. |
0–20 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. |
ascending, 180–250 × 6–20 mm; blade linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate, margins entire, rarely toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces glabrate or hairy, hairs 1 mm. |
Scapes | 80–300 mm, not groove-angled, hirsute. |
50–230 mm, not groove-angled, hairy or glabrous. |
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. |
grayish or whitish, 80–350 mm, usually densely flowered, shiny; corolla lobes of neighboring flowers often overlapping; bracts broadly ovate, 1.8–2 mm, length 0.9–1 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 2 mm, adaxial 2 nearly distinct; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals 2 mm, adaxial 2 nearly distinct; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Seeds | 2–4, 2 mm. |
3–7, 1–1.8 mm. |
2n | = 12, 24. |
= 12. |
Plantago media |
Plantago canescens |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Disturbed areas, neutral and basic soils. | Grassy, gravelly, and rocky slopes, cliffs. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CT; IL; MA; ME; MI; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; WI; MB; NB; ON; QC; Eurasia [Introduced in North America] |
AK; MT; AB; BC; NT; NU; YT; Asia |
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.) |
N. N. Tzvelev (1983) recognized six subspecies (including two in North America) within Plantago canescens; North American material is not segregated as such here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 290. | FNA vol. 17, p. 285. |
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Synonyms | P. septata | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 113. (1753) | Adams: Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 9: 233, plate 13, fig. 1. (1834) |
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