Plantago tweedyi |
Plantago media |
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Tweedy's 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 | 0–20 mm. |
0–20 mm. |
Leaves | 40–200 × 10–30 mm; blade lanceolate-spatulate to narrowly ovate, margins entire, sometimes toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces usually glabrous. |
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 | 25–200 mm, slightly surpassing leaves, glabrous. |
80–300 mm, not groove-angled, hirsute. |
Spikes | brownish or greenish, 45–250 mm, densely flowered, rachis not clearly visible between flowers; bracts broadly ovate, 2 mm, length 0.8–1 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 2–2.5 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 | 3 or 4, 2–2.3 mm. |
2–4, 2 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
= 12, 24. |
Plantago tweedyi |
Plantago media |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands, sagebrush steppes, montane and subalpine meadows. | Disturbed areas, neutral and basic soils. |
Elevation | 1600–4000 m. (5200–13100 ft.) | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; ID; MT; NM; UT; WY
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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 | 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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 293. | FNA vol. 17, p. 290. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Plantago | Plantaginaceae > Plantago |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2, 2(1): 390. (1886) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 113. (1753) |
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