Flora of North America species comparison

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Plantago virginica

dwarf plantain, pale-seed plantain, paleseed indianwheat, Virginia plantain
Habit Annuals; roots taproots, slender.
Stems

0–20 mm.
Leaves

20–120 × 4–25 mm;

blade obovate or narrowly obovate, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces pilose or glabrate.
Scapes

30–240 mm, hairy, hairs patent, long.
Spikes

greenish or yellowish, 38–260 mm, densely or loosely flowered;

bracts narrowly ovate or ovate, 1.6–2.5 mm, length 0.7–1 times sepals.
Flowers

sepals 1.5–2.4 mm, apex obtuse;

corolla radially symmetric, lobes erect, forming a beak, 1.1–2.9 mm, base obtuse;

stamens 4.
Seeds

2, brown or yellowish brown, 1.6–2 mm, adaxial face deeply concave.
2n

= 24.

Plantago virginica
Phenology Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat Sandy soils, disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–2300 m. (0–7500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; WI; WV; ON; n Mexico
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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 293.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Plantago
Sibling taxa
P. afra, P. argyrea, P. aristata, P. australis, P. canescens, P. cordata, P. coronopus, P. elongata, P. erecta, P. eriopoda, P. firma, P. floccosa, P. helleri, P. heterophylla, P. hookeriana, P. indica, P. lanceolata, P. macrocarpa, P. major, P. maritima, P. media, P. ovata, P. patagonica, P. pusilla, P. rhodosperma, P. rugelii, P. sempervirens, P. sparsiflora, P. subnuda, P. tweedyi, P. wrightiana
Synonyms P. virginica var. viridescens
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 113. (1753)
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