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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Plantago indica
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Sand Plantain is our only plantain with multiple flowering heads atop each stem. It also is unique in having many stem leaves. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago arenaria
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (FORMALLY REJECTED)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Plantago psyllium
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-011:
Plantago psillium
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sand Plantain, Leafy-stemmed Plantain
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_plar6_001_lvd
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Jan Haldeman jhh_plantago_psyllium_inf
May Dare County NC
Densely flowered/fruited spike 0.8-1.8cm long; stamens & stigmas well-exserted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Jan Haldeman jhh_plantago_psyllium_l
May Dare County NC
Plant usually with opposite branches. Leaves opposite cauline, linear, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Plantago indica
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago arenaria
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (FORMALLY REJECTED)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Plantago psyllium
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-011:
Plantago psillium
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
3517
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Waif(s)
Look for it in 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
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!