Plantago sparsiflora |
Plantago eriopoda |
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pineland plantain |
alkali plantain, hairy fruit plantain, plantain à base velue, redwool plantain, saline plantain |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, glabrous; roots taproots, thick. | Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, brown-woolly; roots taproots, thick. |
Stems | 0–10 mm. |
0–20 mm. |
Leaves | 50–300 × 10–30 mm; blade lanceolate, margins entire, sometimes toothed, veins conspicuous, laterals branching from base, surfaces sparsely hairy. |
(30–)50–250 × (5–)15–70 mm; blade lanceolate to elliptic, margins entire, veins conspicuous, laterals branching from base, surfaces glabrous or hairy. |
Scapes | 75–150 mm, sparsely hairy. |
(40–)50–300 mm, glabrous or 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. |
brownish or greenish, (25–)80–500 mm, loosely flowered, rachis visible between flowers; bracts broadly ovate, 2–2.5 mm, length 0.8–1.2 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes spreading, 1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals 2–2.5 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1–1.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Seeds | 2, 2 mm. |
2–4, 2–2.5 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Plantago sparsiflora |
Plantago eriopoda |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Moist, sandy soils, open, undisturbed pine woods. | Moist meadows and prairies, wetlands, marshes, fens, ditches, stream banks, saline or alkaline soils. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–2900 m. (0–9500 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; GA; NC; SC
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AK; AZ; CA; CO; IA; ID; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; NY; OR; SD; UT; WY; AB; BC; MB; NT; QC; SK; YT; Mexico (Durango)
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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. shastensis | |
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 94. (1803) | Torrey: Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 237. (1827) |
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