Plantago patagonica |
Plantago hookeriana |
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Indian wheat, Patagonia plantain, Pursh's plantain, woolly plantain |
California plantain, Hooker's plantain, tallow weed |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–15 mm. |
0–10 mm. |
Leaves | (25–)50–120 × 1–4 mm; blade linear, margins entire, rarely toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous. |
60–120 × 4–10 mm; blade linear, margins toothed (teeth to 4 mm), rarely entire, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous or sericeous. |
Scapes | (10–)40–240(–260) mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short and patent, long. |
280–580 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. |
Spikes | grayish or brownish, 40–120 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs; bracts triangular or narrowly ovate, 2–10 mm, length 1–2 times sepals, apex acute or acuminate. |
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 2.2–4.8 mm; corolla bilaterally symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.6–2.1 mm, base cordate; stamens 4, connective usually elongated, apex acute. |
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, 2.2–2.6 mm. |
2, 2.4–3.4 mm. |
2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
Plantago patagonica |
Plantago hookeriana |
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Phenology | Flowering early summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Dry sandy soils, grasslands, openings, disturbed areas. | Sandy soils, disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–3600 m. (0–11800 ft.) | 0–1300 m. (0–4300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AR; AZ; CA; CO; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; LA; MA; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; SK; South America; Mexico (Baja California)
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LA; MS; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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Discussion | The circumscription of Plantago patagonica is treated here in accordance with K. Rahn (1978). The phenotypic plasticity of it does not allow varieties or subspecies to be recognized. Plants recognized in other floras as P. purshii (for example, Flora of Indiana and Flora of New Mexico) are referable to either P. aristata or P. patagonica (Rahn). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 290. | FNA vol. 17, p. 287. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
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Synonyms | P. patagonica var. breviscapa, P. patagonica var. gnaphalioides, P. patagonica var. spinulosa, P. purshii var. oblonga, P. spinulosa | P. hookeriana var. nuda |
Name authority | Jacquin: Icon. Pl. Rar. 2: 9, plate 306. (1795) | Fischer & C. A. Meyer: Index Seminum (St. Petersburg) 1838: 39. (1839) |
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