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Your search found 10 taxa in the family Plantaginaceae, Plantain family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Heartleaf Plantain, King-root
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Very scattered and rare in every state in which it occurs, except MO
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Plantain, White-man's-foot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago major FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN 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
Uncommon (rare in GA Mountains)
Non-native: Europe /possibly native to northeast US
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Common Name:
American Plantain, Broad-leaved Plantain, Blackseed Plantain, Rugel’s Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
English Plantain, Buckhorn Plantain, Rib-grass, Narrowleaf Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Common
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Bracted Plantain, Large-bracted Plantain, Buckhorn Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Common
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wright's Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC0
Native: Southwest US & Mexico apparently, but the original distribution somewhat obscure
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Common Name:
Virginia Plantain, Southern Plantain, Paleseed Plantain, Hoary Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Many-seeded Plantain, Small Plantain, Slender Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Pineland Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Plantago sparsiflora FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Plantago sparsiflora FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago sparsiflora 172-01-010 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas over calcareous substrates (coquina limestone), now usually found in moister human-created microhabitats adjacent to these sites, such as fire-plow lines, shallow ditches along roadsides, or mowed powerline rights-of-way
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sand Plantain, Leafy-stemmed Plantain, Psyllium, Flaxseed Plantain
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Plantago indica FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Plantago arenaria FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Plantago psillium 172-01-011 FAMILY: Plantaginaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas; introduced from Eurasia
Waif(s)
Non-native: Eurasia
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