Plantago rhodosperma |
Plantago sempervirens |
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redseed indianwheat, redseed plantain, Virginia plantain |
evergreen plantain |
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Habit | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. | Perennials, sometimes woody; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
100–400 mm, freely branched. |
Leaves | 60–290 × 7–30 mm; blade obovate or elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces pilose. |
cauline, opposite, 30–60 × 0.75–1 mm; blade linear to linear-lanceolate, margins entire, veins inconspicuous, surfaces hairy. |
Scapes | 15–150 mm, hairy, hairs patent, long. |
30–80 mm, hairy. |
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, 40–85 mm, densely flowered; bracts broadly ovate, 5–6 mm, lengths equal to 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 5–6 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 3–3.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Seeds | 2, dark red, 2.3–2.8 mm, adaxial face concave. |
1 or 2, 2 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 12. |
Plantago rhodosperma |
Plantago sempervirens |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Rocky or sandy soils, grasslands, disturbed areas. | Disturbed habitats. |
Elevation | 0–2600 m. (0–8500 ft.) | 0–200 m. (0–700 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; s Europe [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Plantago sempervirens is known from San Diego County; one specimen (JEPS) was collected in 2008 in Torrey Pines State Reserve. Plantago cynops Linnaeus (1762, not 1753), a rejected name, has been misapplied to P. sempervirens. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 292. | FNA vol. 17, p. 292. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
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Name authority | Decaisne: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 722. (1852) | Crantz: Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 331. (1766) |
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