Plantago coronopus
Sp. Pl. 1: 115. 1753.
Annuals, sometimes biennials; roots taproots, stout. Stems 0–10 mm. Leaves 20–80 (–115) × 5–15 mm; blade lanceolate, margins usually 1-pinnatifid or 2-pinnatifid, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous, hairs septate, sometimes glabrate. Scapes decumbent, sometimes erect, 15–150 (–210) mm, villous. Spikes decumbent, sometimes erect, greenish, purplish, or brownish, (15–) 30–300 mm, densely flowered; bracts ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm, length 0.5–0.6 times sepals. Flowers: sepals 2–3 mm; corolla radially symmetric, tube hairy, lobes reflexed, 1 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. Seeds (2–) 4 (plus 1 smaller, distal one of different shape), 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 10, 20, 30 (all Eurasia).
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Moist, gravelly or sandy soils.
Elevation: 0–200 m.
Distribution
Introduced; Greenland, B.C., Man., Calif., Mass., N.J., N.Y., Oreg., Pa., Tex., Wash., Eurasia, Africa, also in s South America
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"-0.6timessepals" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.