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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Plantago virginica
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Virginia Plantain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago virginica
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-008:
Plantago virginica
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Plantain, Southern Plantain, Paleseed Plantain
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_plvi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110416_769
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm120407_655
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130420_546
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140411_813
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4320
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves hairy and petioles purple at base, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9542
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Upper part of the rachis hidden by flowers or fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9543
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_p_virginica_0382
April Richland County SC
Riverwalk Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_plantago_virginica
April
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JK Marlow jkm140521_067
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140521_069
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0496
May Greenville County SC
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) 172-01-008:
Plantago virginica
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
1102
Forb
Winter annual
Often dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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:
Spring/Summer
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
4 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule dehiscing circumscissily
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p146
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p084
- 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 p162