Plantago sparsiflora |
Plantago rugelii |
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pineland plantain |
blackseed plantain, plantain de Rugel, Rugel's plantain |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, glabrous; roots taproots, thick. | Perennials, sometimes annuals; caudex absent; roots fibrous, 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. |
20–150 × 10–120 mm; petiole to 200 mm; blade ovate to cordate-ovate, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces glabrous or hirsute. |
Scapes | 75–150 mm, sparsely hairy. |
50–250 mm, glabrous or 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. |
brownish or greenish, 50–300 mm, densely or loosely flowered; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 2 mm, length 1–1.2 times sepals. |
Flowers | sepals 2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes spreading, 1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
sepals 1.5–2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 0.5–1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. |
Fruits | 4–6(–8) mm, dehiscing proximal to middle. |
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Seeds | 2, 2 mm. |
4 or 5(–8), 1.5–2 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Plantago sparsiflora |
Plantago rugelii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Moist, sandy soils, open, undisturbed pine woods. | Open woods, meadows, pastures, waste places. |
Elevation | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; GA; NC; SC
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NS; ON; QC
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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.) |
Plants of Plantago major and P. rugelii are morphologically indistinguishable when young; they may be differentiated with certainty only at fruiting stage. DNA sequence data (A. Shipunov et al. 2014) confirm that the two species are distinct: P. rugelii is different from P. major by 11 substitutions in the ITS2 sequence. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 292. | FNA vol. 17, p. 292. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
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Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 94. (1803) | Decaisne: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 700. (1852) |
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