View source for Plantago major

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Plantago major
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 112. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Common plantain;plantain majeur
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Plantago major var. pachyphylla
|authority=Pilger
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. major var. pilgeri
|authority=Domin
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. major var. scopulorum
|authority=Fries & Broberg
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Plantago;Plantago major
|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 major]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 281, 283, 288, 292
|treatment_page=page 289
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> sometimes annuals; caudex absent; roots fibrous, thick. <b>Stems</b> 0–20 mm. <b>Leaves</b> 20–150(–400) × 10–120(–170) mm; petiole to 200 mm; blade ovate to cordate-ovate, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces glabrous or hirsute. <b>Scapes</b> 50–250(–500) mm, surpassing leaves or not, glabrous or hirsute. <b>Spikes</b> brownish or greenish, (20–)50–300(–400) mm, densely flowered; bracts lanceolate, 0.5–1 mm, length 0.3–0.7 times sepals. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 1.5–2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 0.5–1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. <b>Fruits</b> (2–)4–5 mm, dehiscing at middle. <b>Seeds</b> 5–35, 0.5–1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Roadsides, trails, stream banks, urban areas, lawns, other disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–3000 m.
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia;introduced also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Subspecies intermedia (Gilibert) Lange is often accepted by European botanists as a separate species, <i>Plantago</i> uliginosa F. W. Schmidt. Observations suggest that plants referable to this taxon may occur in the United States; it has been reported from the New England states (A. Haines 2011). Subspecies intermedia is distinguished by more abundant (11–35) and smaller (0.8–1 mm) seeds, ascending spikes, ovoid fruits, and elliptic or lanceolate leaf blades. Without detailed morphologic and genetic investigations of North American plants similar to the study of European plants by M. Morgan-Richards and K. Wolff (1999), it is not possible to draw any conclusions about the status and distribution of this or any other possible infraspecific taxa of <i>P. major</i> in North America.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Plantago major
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Plantago major var. pachyphylla;P. major var. pilgeri;P. major var. scopulorum
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Roadsides, trails, stream banks, urban areas, lawns, other disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–3000 m.
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia;introduced also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_697.xml
|genus=Plantago
|species=Plantago major
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Plantago]]