Plantago lagocephala Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Plantago

Characteristics

Herbs, annual. Taproot tenuous. Leaves and inflorescences villous. Leaves basal; petiole inconspicuous; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, 3-4 cm × 2-3 mm, papery, veins 3, base attenuate, margin entire, apex acuminate. Spikes ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 8-10 mm but to 1.6 cm after anthesis, densely flowered; peduncle 5-12 cm; bracts broadly ovate, ca. 3 mm, keel narrow and slightly projected at apex. Sepals ca. 3 mm, villous, keel thick and not extending to apex; lower sepals lanceolate-ovate, keel as broad as or slightly narrower than lateral lamina; upper sepals very inequilateral. Corolla yellowish, glabrous except lobes; lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 1 mm, erect to patent, outside densely hirsute-villous. Stamens adnate to near apex of corolla tube; anthers yellowish when dry, broadly ellipsoid, 0.7-0.8 mm, slightly exserted. Pyxis ellipsoid, 3-3.5 mm, circumscissile just below middle, with 2 seeds. Seeds yellowish brown, narrowly ellipsoid to narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, 2.5-3 mm, shiny, with a broad groove on ventral face; cotyledons vertical to ventral side. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Jun.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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AprMayJun
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Plantago lagocephala world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685301-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095037
COL ID 4JLM6
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Synonyms

Plantago lagocephala