Plantago sempervirens |
Plantago firma |
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evergreen plantain |
Chilean plantain |
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Habit | Perennials, sometimes woody; roots taproots, slender. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 100–400 mm, freely branched. |
0–10 mm. |
Leaves | cauline, opposite, 30–60 × 0.75–1 mm; blade linear to linear-lanceolate, margins entire, veins inconspicuous, surfaces hairy. |
20–50 × 2–15 mm; blade narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces densely pilose or glabrate. |
Scapes | 30–80 mm, hairy. |
10–50 mm, hairy, hairs appressed or nearly patent. |
Spikes | greenish or brownish, 40–85 mm, densely flowered; bracts broadly ovate, 5–6 mm, lengths equal to sepals. |
greenish or brownish, 40–60 mm, densely flowered; bracts triangular, 2–3.1 mm, length 0.7–1.1 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 5–6 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 3–3.5 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 | 1 or 2, 2 mm. |
2, 1.5–2.2 mm, adaxial face flat. |
2n | = 12. |
= 24. |
Plantago sempervirens |
Plantago firma |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–fall. | Flowering fall. |
Habitat | Disturbed habitats. | Sandy soils. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; s Europe [Introduced in North America] |
CA; South America (Chile) [Introduced in North America]
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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.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 292. | FNA vol. 17, p. 286. |
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Synonyms | P. truncata subsp. firma | |
Name authority | Crantz: Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 331. (1766) | Kunze ex Walpers: Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, suppl. 1: 402. (1843) |
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