Plantago tenuiflora Waldst. & Kit.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Plantago

Characteristics

Herbs, annual. Taproot tenuous. Leaves basal; petiole inconspicuous; leaf blade linear to narrowly linear, 1-13 × 0.1-0.4 cm, thickly papery, glabrous or abaxially sparsely white pubescent, vein 1, base attenuate, margin entire or remotely denticulate, apex subobtuse. Spikes capitate to narrowly cylindric, 0.5-7 cm, densely flowered or interrupted basally from middle; peduncle 1-12 cm, white pubescent; bracts narrowly ovate to ovate, 2-3 mm, glabrous, keel extending to apex. Sepals 1.5-2 mm, glabrous, keel extending to apex; lower sepals narrowly obovate to elliptic-ovate; upper sepals obovate. Corolla white, glabrous; lobes oblong-ovate, 0.8-1 mm, erect, patent, or reflexed, apex subacute. Stamens adnate to near apex of corolla tube, usually covered by erect corolla lobes, rarely exserted; anthers ovoid, ca. 0.3 mm. Pyxis conic-ovoid, 3-4 mm, circumscissile near base, with 7-15 seeds. Seeds reddish brown to blackish brown, fusiform, 1-1.5(-2) mm, ventral face flat; cotyledons parallel to ventral side. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jun-Aug. 2n = 24.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

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Images

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Distribution

Plantago tenuiflora world distribution map, present in Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685721-1
WFO ID wfo-0000487219
COL ID 4JLYK
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Synonyms

Plantago incomta Plantago tenuiflora Plantago bungei Plantago pusilla