Plantago argyrea

E. Morris

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 111. 1900.

Common names: Saltmeadow plantain
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 284. Mentioned on page 282.
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Annuals; roots taproots, slender. Stems 0–20 mm. Leaves 45–140 × 1.5–4 mm; blade linear, margins entire, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces sericeous, rarely lanate. Scapes 300–1300 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. Spikes greenish or brownish, 70–200 mm, densely or loosely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs; bracts ovate, 1.5–2 mm, length 0.4–0.7 times sepals, apex acute. Flowers: sepals 2.6–3.3 mm; corolla bilaterally symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.7–2.6 mm, base cordate; stamens 4, connective slightly elongated, apex obtuse. Seeds 2, 2.3–2.8 mm.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Clearings in forests.
Elevation: 700–2900 m.

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Chihuahua)

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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"-0.7timessepals" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Plantago argyrea"
obtuse +  and acute +
Alexey Shipunov +
E. Morris +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
cordate +
not +, leathery +  and fleshy +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> - 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> +
cuplike +
Saltmeadow plantain +
ligulate +, unilabiate +, regular +, personate +  and bilabiate +
semitransparent +
ovoid +, globular +, ellipsoid +, urceolate +, tubular +, cylindric +, less rotate +  and salverform +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Mexico - Baja California +  and Mexico - Chihuahua +
drupe-like +
700–2900 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
poricidal +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
ovoid +  and lanceoloid +
Clearings in forests. +
persistent +  and deciduous +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> - 14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> - 0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> +
toothed +  and entire +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering summer–fall. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
minute +
ascending +  and erect +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> - 130 cm1,300 mm <br />1.3 m <br /> +
yellowish-brown +, dark red +, brown +  and black +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> - 0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> +
distinct +
4 +  and 3 +
0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> - 0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br /> +
brownish +  and greenish +
shiny +  and dull +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> - 20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
hairy +  and glabrous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
elongate +
lanate +  and sericeous +
Psyllium +
Plantago argyrea +
Plantago +
species +
gibbous +  and spurred +
hairy +  and glabrous +
not +  and conspicuous +
biennial +, perennial +  and annual +
6 +, 5 +  and 4 +