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Your search found 9 taxa in the family Plantaginaceae, Plantain family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Heartleaf Plantain, King-root
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Plantago cordata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago cordata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago cordata 172-01-001 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Aquatic or semi-aquatic in streambeds with outcrops of slate, limestone, or calcareous clay, and aquatic in tidal estuaries
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Plantain, White Man's Foot
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Plantago major FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago major FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago major 172-01-002 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe /possibly native to northeast US
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Common Name:
American Plantain, Broad-leaved Plantain, Blackseed Plantain, Red-stemmed Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Plantago rugelii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Plantago rugelii var. rugelii FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago rugelii 172-01-003 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia - the original distribution obscure
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Common Name:
English Plantain, Buckhorn Plantain, Rib-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Plantago lanceolata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago lanceolata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago lanceolata 172-01-004 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bracted Plantain, Large-bracted Plantain, Buckhorn Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Plantago aristata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago aristata FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago aristata 172-01-005 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Sandy and other barren soils, disturbed areas, especially dry, barren, exposed soil, such as clay soils denuded by bulldozing
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wright's Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Plantago wrightiana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago wrightiana FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago hookeriana var. nuda 172-01-006 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Sandy, rocky, or gravelly prairies and open woodlands; eastwards in on roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas
Native: Southwest US & Mexico apparently, but original distribution ~ obscure
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Common Name:
Virginia Plantain, Southern Plantain, Paleseed Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Plantago virginica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago virginica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago virginica 172-01-008 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Saline marshes, thin soils over rock, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Many-seeded Plantain, Small Plantain, Slender Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Plantago heterophylla FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago heterophylla FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago heterophylla 172-01-009 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sand Plantain, Leafy-stemmed Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Plantago indica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Plantago arenaria FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago psillium 172-01-011 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas; introduced from Eurasia
Non-native: Europe
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