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dwarf plantain, little plantain, woolly indianwheat, woolly plantain

redseed indianwheat, redseed plantain, Virginia plantain

Habit Annuals; roots taproots, slender. Annuals; roots taproots, slender.
Stems

0–5 mm.

0–10 mm.

Leaves

20–70 × 1–2 mm;

blade linear, margins entire, sometimes toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces hairy or glabrous.

60–290 × 7–30 mm;

blade obovate or elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces pilose.

Scapes

15–60 mm, hairy, sometimes glabrous.

15–150 mm, hairy, hairs patent, long.

Spikes

greenish or brownish, 20–100 mm, loosely or densely flowered;

bracts triangular-ovate, 1.5–2 mm, length 0.9–1.1 times sepals.

greenish, yellowish, or brownish, 35–300 mm, densely or loosely flowered;

bracts narrowly triangular or triangular, 2.5–3.2 mm, length 0.7–1.1 times sepals.

Flowers

sepals 1.5–2 mm;

corolla radially symmetric, lobes erect, forming a beak, 0.5 mm, base obtuse;

stamens 2.

sepals asymmetric, 2.7–3.6 mm, apex acuminate;

corolla radially symmetric, lobes erect, forming a beak, 2–3.1 mm, base obtuse;

stamens 4.

Seeds

4, 0.8–1.3 mm.

2, dark red, 2.3–2.8 mm, adaxial face concave.

2n

= 12.

= 24.

Plantago pusilla

Plantago rhodosperma

Phenology Flowering spring–early summer. Flowering spring.
Habitat Dry to moist, sandy, alluvial soils. Rocky or sandy soils, grasslands, disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) 0–2600 m. (0–8500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; CA; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WA
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AL; AR; AZ; CA; GA; IL; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NE; NM; OK; TN; TX; n Mexico
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Discussion

Plantago pusilla is considered to be introduced in Oregon and Washington, and possibly in California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 291. FNA vol. 17, p. 292.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Plantago 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. hookeriana, P. indica, P. lanceolata, P. macrocarpa, P. major, P. maritima, P. media, P. ovata, P. patagonica, P. rhodosperma, P. rugelii, P. sempervirens, P. sparsiflora, P. subnuda, P. tweedyi, P. virginica, P. wrightiana
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. hookeriana, P. indica, P. lanceolata, P. macrocarpa, P. major, P. maritima, P. media, P. ovata, P. patagonica, P. pusilla, P. rugelii, P. sempervirens, P. sparsiflora, P. subnuda, P. tweedyi, P. virginica, P. wrightiana
Synonyms P. hybrida, P. pusilla var. major
Name authority Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 100. (1818) Decaisne: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 722. (1852)
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