Page author: David Giblin
Plantago maritima
Specimens
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Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; British Columbia to California.

Habitat: Salt marshes, bluffs and cliffs along the coast.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Wind

Description:
General:

Perennial from a stout, elongate taproot or an erect, woody base, slightly woolly at the crown; scapes 5-25 cm. long, with stiff, aligned hairs.

Leaves:

Leaves all basal, linear, fleshy, nearly glabrous, mostly sessile, weakly several-nerved, 5-25 cm. long.

Flowers:

Inflorescence a dense, bracteate spike, 2-10 cm. long and under 1 cm. thick; bracts fleshy, broadly triangular-ovate, 1.5-4 mm. long; calyx 4-lobed; corolla tube densely short-hairy, the 4 lobes 1-1.5 mm. long; stamens 4, exerted; ovary superior, 2-celled.

Fruits:

Capsule

Accepted Name:
Plantago maritima L.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 114-115. 1753.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Plantago maritima L. ssp. borealis (Lange) A. Blytt & O.C. Dahl
Plantago maritima L. ssp. juncoides (Lam.) Hultén [HC]
Plantago maritima L. var. californica (Fernald) Pilg. [KZ99]
Plantago maritima L. var. juncoides (Lam.) A. Gray [KZ99]
Plantago maritima L. var. maritima
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Plantago maritima in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WA Flora Checklist: Plantago maritima checklist entry.

OregonFlora: Plantago maritima information.

E-Flora BC: Plantago maritima atlas page.

CalPhotos: Plantago maritima photos.

USDA Plants: Plantago maritima information.

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