Plantago picta Colenso

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Plantago

Characteristics

Primary root and similar branch roots from near stem-base long-lived, apparently no adventitious roots from amongst old lf-bases. Stem up to 2 cm. diam., short, simple, with cop. brown hairs. Rosette flat, 5-15 cm. diam; lvs 3·5-7 × 1-1·5 cm.; lamina oblanceolate to spathulate, petiole broad and flat; tip obtuse to subacute, margin entire or with a few widely-spaced teeth; lf-hairs few, mostly on upper surface in small groups near margins; 2 lateral veins. Scape up to 7 cm. long, terete, hairy; spike 1-3 cm. long, dense. Bracts c. 3 mm. long, broadly ovate, dark except for narrow pale membr. border, margin strongly ciliate, otherwise glab.; sepals c. 3 mm. long, with wide dark keel, glab. except for strongly ciliate margin. Corolla-tube short, lobes broad-ovate, 2 × 1·5 mm.; anthers large, up to 1·75 mm. long; ovules 4; capsule 3 mm. long, broad above, in each loculus two narrow seeds up to 2.5 mm. long.
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Growth form herb
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Distribution

Plantago picta world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685526-1
WFO ID wfo-0000486684
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Synonyms

Plantago picta Plantago spathulata subsp. picta