Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
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 (1968) 172-01-001:
Plantago cordata
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Plantain, King-root
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_plco2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_plco2_004_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_cordata_heartlf
April
Glabrous leaves with ovate blades to 30x20cm, on ascending petioles, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_cordata_heartlfb
April
Leaf venation pinnate, some major veins departing midvein well above leaf base, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_plantago_cordata
April
Characteristically, P. cordata is a very robust plant, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_plantago_cordata_2b
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_plantago_cordata_3
April
Spikes on scapes from plant base, the inflorescences often 1 meter in height, per Weakley's Flora.