Plantago sparsiflora |
Plantago media |
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pineland plantain |
hoary plantain, plantain moyen |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, glabrous; roots taproots, thick. | Perennials; caudex glabrous or hairy; 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. |
prostrate, sometimes ascending, 40–200 × 30–70 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces hairy, hairs 0.5 mm. |
Scapes | 75–150 mm, sparsely hairy. |
80–300 mm, not groove-angled, hirsute. |
Spikes | brownish or greenish, 100–450 mm, loosely flowered, rachis visible between flowers; bracts ovate, 1 mm, length 0.5–0.6 times sepals. |
grayish or whitish, 100–400 mm, densely flowered, shiny; corolla lobes of neighboring flowers overlapping; bracts ovate, 1.8–2 mm, length 0.9–1 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes spreading, 1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals 2 mm, adaxial 2 nearly distinct; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Seeds | 2, 2 mm. |
2–4, 2 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 12, 24. |
Plantago sparsiflora |
Plantago media |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Moist, sandy soils, open, undisturbed pine woods. | Disturbed areas, neutral and basic soils. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; GA; NC; SC
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CT; IL; MA; ME; MI; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; WI; MB; NB; ON; QC; Eurasia [Introduced in North America] |
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.) |
Three varieties of Plantago media have been recognized in western Europe. It is not clear how names of those varieties apply to P. media in eastern Europe and North America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 292. | FNA vol. 17, p. 290. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 94. (1803) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 113. (1753) |
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