Plantago remota Lam.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Plantago

Characteristics

Perennial herb, 0.2-0.5 m high. Leaves in a basal rosette, linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate, up to 210 x 9 mm, glabrous, amplexicaul. Inflorescences in spikes up to 125 mm long; scapes few per rosette, up to 400 mm long; bracts glabrous, apex acute to acuminate. Calyx lobes narrowly deltoid, ± 3 x 1 mm, narrowly winged, acute. Corolla lobes deltoid, ± 1.4 x 0.8 mm, acute. Flowering time all year. Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, ± 2 x 1 mm. Seeds boat-shaped, 2-4 per capsule, black to dark brown, 3 x 1.9 mm, hilum scar in ventral depression almost as long as seed.
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Glabrescent, tufted perennial to 50 cm. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, sparsely and minutely toothed, woolly in axils. Flowers scattered in elongate spikes on glabrous peduncles, whitish.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Plantago remota world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685586-1
WFO ID wfo-0001094967
COL ID 77NTG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Plantago capensis Plantago remota