Plantago rhodosperma |
Plantago firma |
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redseed indianwheat, redseed plantain, Virginia plantain |
Chilean plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
0–10 mm. |
Leaves | 60–290 × 7–30 mm; blade obovate or elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces pilose. |
20–50 × 2–15 mm; blade narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces densely pilose or glabrate. |
Scapes | 15–150 mm, hairy, hairs patent, long. |
10–50 mm, hairy, hairs appressed or nearly patent. |
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. |
greenish or brownish, 40–60 mm, densely flowered; bracts triangular, 2–3.1 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. |
sepals 1.8–2.8 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes patent or erect, forming a beak, 1.7–3.1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Seeds | 2, dark red, 2.3–2.8 mm, adaxial face concave. |
2, 1.5–2.2 mm, adaxial face flat. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Plantago rhodosperma |
Plantago firma |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering fall. |
Habitat | Rocky or sandy soils, grasslands, disturbed areas. | Sandy soils. |
Elevation | 0–2600 m. (0–8500 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; AZ; CA; GA; IL; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NE; NM; OK; TN; TX; n Mexico
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CA; South America (Chile) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Plantago firma has been known in California, especially in Marin County, since at least 1896, but the most recent collection known was made in 1957. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 292. | FNA vol. 17, p. 286. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | P. truncata subsp. firma | |
Name authority | Decaisne: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 722. (1852) | Kunze ex Walpers: Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, suppl. 1: 402. (1843) |
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