Plantago sparsiflora |
Plantago erecta |
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pineland plantain |
California plantain, dotseed plantain, erect dwarf plantain |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, glabrous; roots taproots, thick. | Annuals; roots taproots, slender. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
0–10 mm. |
Leaves | 50–300 × 10–30 mm; blade lanceolate, margins entire, sometimes toothed, veins conspicuous, laterals branching from base, surfaces sparsely hairy. |
50–120 × 1–4 mm; blade linear, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous or lanate, rarely glabrate. |
Scapes | 75–150 mm, sparsely hairy. |
200–1500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. |
Spikes | brownish or greenish, 100–450 mm, loosely flowered, rachis visible between flowers; bracts ovate, 1 mm, length 0.5–0.6 times sepals. |
greenish or brownish, 70–150 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs; bracts ovate, 1–2 mm, length 0.3–0.8 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes spreading, 1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals 2.5–3.4 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2–2.7 mm, base obtuse or slightly cordate; stamens 4, connective elongated, apex acute. |
Seeds | 2, 2 mm. |
2, 2.1–2.9 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 20. |
Plantago sparsiflora |
Plantago erecta |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Moist, sandy soils, open, undisturbed pine woods. | Dunes, grassy hills and flats, clearings in woods. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | -50–1400 m. (-200–4600 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; GA; NC; SC
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CA; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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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.) |
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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. patagonica var. californica, P. erecta subsp. rigidior, P. hookeriana var. californica | |
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 94. (1803) | E. Morris: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 118. (1900) |
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