Plantago sparsiflora |
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pineland plantain |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, glabrous; roots taproots, thick. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
Leaves | 50–300 × 10–30 mm; blade lanceolate, margins entire, sometimes toothed, veins conspicuous, laterals branching from base, surfaces sparsely hairy. |
Scapes | 75–150 mm, sparsely hairy. |
Spikes | brownish or greenish, 100–450 mm, loosely flowered, rachis visible between flowers; bracts ovate, 1 mm, length 0.5–0.6 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes spreading, 1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Seeds | 2, 2 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
Plantago sparsiflora |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Moist, sandy soils, open, undisturbed pine woods. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; GA; NC; SC
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Discussion | Populations of Plantago sparsiflora occur mainly along the Atlantic coast from Columbia County, North Carolina, south to Volusia County, Florida. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 292. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 94. (1803) |
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