Plantago erecta

E. Morris

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 118. 1900.

Common names: Dotseed plantain
Basionym: Plantago patagonica var. californica Greene Man. Bot. San Francisco, 236. 1894
Synonyms: P. erecta subsp. rigidior Pilger P. hookeriana var. californica (Greene) Poe
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 286. Mentioned on page 282.
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Annuals; roots taproots, slender. Stems 0–10 mm. Leaves 50–120 × 1–4 mm; blade linear, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous or lanate, rarely glabrate. Scapes 200–1500 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, long and short. Spikes greenish or brownish, 70–150 mm, densely flowered, flowers in whorls or pairs; bracts ovate, 1–2 mm, length 0.3–0.8 times sepals. Flowers: sepals 2.5–3.4 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 2–2.7 mm, base obtuse or slightly cordate; stamens 4, connective elongated, apex acute. Seeds 2, 2.1–2.9 mm. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Dunes, grassy hills and flats, clearings in woods.
Elevation: -50–1400 m.

Distribution

Calif., Oreg., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"-0.8timessepals" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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Alexey Shipunov +
E. Morris +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
cordate;obtuse +
Plantago patagonica var. californica +
not +, leathery +  and fleshy +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
cuplike +
Dotseed plantain +
ligulate +, unilabiate +, regular +, personate +  and bilabiate +
semitransparent +
ovoid +, globular +, ellipsoid +, urceolate +, tubular +, cylindric +, less rotate +  and salverform +
Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
drupe-like +
-50–1400 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
poricidal +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
ovoid +  and lanceoloid +
Dunes, grassy hills and flats, clearings in woods. +
persistent +  and deciduous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 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 spring. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
minute +
ascending +  and erect +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
yellowish-brown +, dark red +, brown +  and black +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
distinct +
4 +  and 3 +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br />) +
brownish +  and greenish +
shiny +  and dull +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
hairy +  and glabrous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
elongate +
glabrate +, lanate +  and villous +
P. erecta subsp. rigidior +  and P. hookeriana var. californica +
Plantago erecta +
Plantago +
species +
gibbous +  and spurred +
hairy +  and glabrous +
not +  and conspicuous +
biennial +, perennial +  and annual +
6 +, 5 +  and 4 +