Flora of North America species comparison

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Plantago rhodosperma

redseed indianwheat, redseed plantain, Virginia plantain
Habit Annuals; roots taproots, slender.
Stems

0–10 mm.
Leaves

60–290 × 7–30 mm;

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

15–150 mm, hairy, hairs patent, long.
Spikes

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 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

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

= 24.

Plantago rhodosperma
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Rocky or sandy soils, grasslands, disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–2600 m. (0–8500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; AZ; CA; GA; IL; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NE; NM; OK; TN; TX; n Mexico
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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 292.
Parent taxa 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. pusilla, P. rugelii, P. sempervirens, P. sparsiflora, P. subnuda, P. tweedyi, P. virginica, P. wrightiana
Name authority Decaisne: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 722. (1852)
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