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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago heterophylla   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

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

Plantago heterophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Plantago hybrida

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-009:

Plantago heterophylla   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

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

Plantago heterophylla

 

COMMON NAME:
Many-seeded Plantain, Small Plantain, Slender Plantain


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Keith Bradley    kab_p_heterophylla_3855

April    Lexington County    SC

Riverbanks Botanical Garden

Calyx lobes hyaline margined, equal to or slightly shorter than bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Plantago heterophylla, Many-seeded Plantain, Small Plantain, Slender Plantain

Keith Bradley    kab_p_heterophylla_3862

April    Lexington County    SC

Riverbanks Botanical Garden

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago heterophylla   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Plantago hybrida

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-009:
Plantago heterophylla   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4093

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring
Spikes brownish or green
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule dehiscing circumscissily

 

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