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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Plantago aristata
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 95. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Largebract plantain
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Plantago patagonica var. aristata
|authority=(Michaux) A. Gray
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. purshii var. aristata
|authority=(Michaux) M. E. Jones
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Plantago;Plantago aristata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Plantago]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Plantago aristata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 282, 291
|treatment_page=page 284
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Annuals; roots taproots, slender. <b>Stems</b> 20–40 mm. <b>Leaves</b> 30–200 × 3–7 mm; blade linear or narrowly lanceolate, margins entire, rarely toothed, veins conspicuous or not, abaxial surface villous, adaxial glabrous or sparsely villous. <b>Scapes</b> 100–500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. <b>Spikes</b> greenish or brownish, 80–150 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs; bracts almost linear, 15–30 mm, length 2–12 times sepals. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 2.7–3.7 mm; corolla bilaterally symmetric, lobes reflexed, adaxials 1.4–2.3 mm, laterals symmetric, base deeply cordate; stamens 4, connective elongated, apex acute. <b>Seeds</b> 2, 2.5–2.9 mm. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Roadsides, pastures, disturbed ground.
|elevation=0–700 m.
|distribution=N.S.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;introduced in Central America;Europe;Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Plantago aristata</i> is similar to <i>P. patagonica</i>; the latter is distinguished by its dense, villous indument.</p>
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name=Plantago aristata
|author=
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Plantago patagonica var. aristata;P. purshii var. aristata
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Roadsides, pastures, disturbed ground.
|elevation=0–700 m.
|distribution=N.S.;Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;introduced in Central America;Europe;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_681.xml
|genus=Plantago
|species=Plantago aristata
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