Difference between revisions of "Plantago firma"

Kunze ex Walpers

Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, suppl. 1: 402. 1843.

Common names: Chilean plantain
Introduced
Synonyms: Plantago truncata subsp. firma (Kunze ex Walpers) Pilger
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Revision as of 20:11, 16 December 2019

Annuals; roots taproots, slender. Stems 0–10 mm. Leaves 20–50 × 2–15 mm; blade narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces densely pilose or glabrate. Scapes 10–50 mm, hairy, hairs appressed or nearly patent. Spikes greenish or brownish, 40–60 mm, densely flowered; bracts triangular, 2–3.1 mm, length 0.7–1.1 times sepals. Flowers: sepals 1.8–2.8 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes patent or erect, forming a beak, 1.7–3.1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. Seeds 2, 1.5–2.2 mm, adaxial face flat. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering fall.
Habitat: Sandy soils.
Elevation: 0–1000 m.

Distribution

Calif., South America (Chile).

Discussion

Plantago firma has been known in California, especially in Marin County, since at least 1896, but the most recent collection known was made in 1957.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.