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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Plantago virginica   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago virginica   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Plantago virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-008:

Plantago virginica   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Plantago virginica

 

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Plantain, Southern Plantain, Paleseed Plantain, Hoary Plantain


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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    jkm230328_2107

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Woolly-hairy, leafless flowering scapes, often red-tinged at the base, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

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JK Marlow    jkm230328_2108

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Each tiny flower greenish-white, w a narrow papery corolla w 4 erect lobes & a calyx w 4 sepals, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Plantago virginica, Virginia Plantain, Southern Plantain, Paleseed Plantain, Hoary Plantain

JK Marlow    jkm230328_2109

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Stamens and stigma well exserted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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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    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaves hairy and petioles purple at base, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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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

image of Plantago virginica, Virginia Plantain, Southern Plantain, Paleseed Plantain, Hoary Plantain

JK Marlow    jkm140521_069

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm210516_0496

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Plantago virginica   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago virginica   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Plantago virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-008:
Plantago virginica   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Plantago virginica

 

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1102

Forb
Winter annual/Biennial
Often dioecious

Habitat: Saline marshes, thin soils over rock, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Spikes greenish or yellowish; flowers greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
4 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule dehiscing circumscissily

 

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