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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Plantago rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about American Plantain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago rugelii var. rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Plantago rugelii var. asperula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-003:
Plantago rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Plantain, Broad-leaved Plantain, Blackseed Plantain, Red-stemmed Plantain
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JK Marlow jkm0307e_36
July Greenville County SC
Flowers in a dense spike, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves glabrous or essentially so, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2035
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Sepals narrowly elliptic, 2-4× long as wide (vs. P. major ~1.5× long as wide), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2042
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Well-developed leaves with 5-7 major veins, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Gill Newberry gn08_img_8839
August
Capsule circumscissile [dehiscing along a transverse circular line like a lid], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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August
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August
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JK Marlow jkm120825_965
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Lvs broadly ovate-elliptic, venation parallel, major veins separating at base, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120825_986
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2458
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2459
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Petioles usually purple at base, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Plantago rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago rugelii var. rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Plantago rugelii var. asperula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-003:
Plantago rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
1101
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia - the original distribution obscure
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it on roadsides, in lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
4 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule dehiscing circumscissily
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p398
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p213
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p097
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p234
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p276
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p161