Plantago rugelii |
Plantago rhodosperma |
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blackseed plantain, plantain de Rugel, Rugel's plantain |
redseed indianwheat, redseed plantain, Virginia plantain |
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Habit | Perennials, sometimes annuals; caudex absent; roots fibrous, thick. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–20 mm. |
0–10 mm. |
Leaves | 20–150 × 10–120 mm; petiole to 200 mm; blade ovate to cordate-ovate, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces glabrous or hirsute. |
60–290 × 7–30 mm; blade obovate or elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces pilose. |
Scapes | 50–250 mm, glabrous or hirsute. |
15–150 mm, hairy, hairs patent, long. |
Spikes | brownish or greenish, 50–300 mm, densely or loosely flowered; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 2 mm, length 1–1.2 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 reflexed, 0.5–1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
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. |
Fruits | 4–6(–8) mm, dehiscing proximal to middle. |
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Seeds | 4 or 5(–8), 1.5–2 mm. |
2, dark red, 2.3–2.8 mm, adaxial face concave. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Plantago rugelii |
Plantago rhodosperma |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Open woods, meadows, pastures, waste places. | Rocky or sandy soils, grasslands, disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) | 0–2600 m. (0–8500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NS; ON; QC
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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 | Plants of Plantago major and P. rugelii are morphologically indistinguishable when young; they may be differentiated with certainty only at fruiting stage. DNA sequence data (A. Shipunov et al. 2014) confirm that the two species are distinct: P. rugelii is different from P. major by 11 substitutions in the ITS2 sequence. (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): 700. (1852) | Decaisne: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 722. (1852) |
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