Blooms: April-June
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: East of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to Texas.
Habitat: Dry, open places in the foothills and plains.
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: East of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to Texas.
Habitat: Dry, open places in the foothills and plains.
Species Description:
General: Annual, 5-30 cm. tall, the herbage white-woolly.
Leaves: Leaves all basal, 3-13 cm. long and 1-7 mm. wide, oblanceolate to linear, tapering to a petiole and to an acute tip.
Flowers: Inflorescence a dense, cylindric, bracteate, woolly spike, 1.5-10 cm. long and well under1 cm. wide; bracts firm, linear, 5 mm. long, usually not exerted; calyx 4-lobed; corolla lobes 4, spreading, 1.5-2 mm. long; stamens 4; ovary superior, 2-celled.
Fruits: Capsule
General: Annual, 5-30 cm. tall, the herbage white-woolly.
Leaves: Leaves all basal, 3-13 cm. long and 1-7 mm. wide, oblanceolate to linear, tapering to a petiole and to an acute tip.
Flowers: Inflorescence a dense, cylindric, bracteate, woolly spike, 1.5-10 cm. long and well under1 cm. wide; bracts firm, linear, 5 mm. long, usually not exerted; calyx 4-lobed; corolla lobes 4, spreading, 1.5-2 mm. long; stamens 4; ovary superior, 2-celled.
Fruits: Capsule
Accepted Name:
Plantago patagonica Jacq.Synonyms:
Plantago purshii Roemer & J.A. Schultes
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Plantago patagonica
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Plantago patagonica specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Plantago patagonica specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Plantago patagonica treatment.
E-Flora BC: Plantago patagonica atlas page.
CalPhotos: Plantago patagonica images.
USDA Plants Database: Plantago patagonica.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2004
G. D. Carr, 2004
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Craig Althen, 2012
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