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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Plantago heterophylla
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Read more about Many-seeded Plantain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago heterophylla
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Plantago heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Plantago hybrida
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-009:
Plantago heterophylla FAMILY Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Plantago heterophylla
COMMON NAME:
Many-seeded Plantain, Small Plantain, Slender Plantain
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Keith Bradley kab_p_heterophylla_3855
April Lexington County SC
Riverbanks Botanical Garden
Calyx lobes hyaline margined, equal to or slightly shorter than bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
Mousetail and Plantain
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Keith Bradley kab_p_heterophylla_3862
April Lexington County SC
Riverbanks Botanical Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Plantago heterophylla
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago heterophylla
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Plantago heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Plantago hybrida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-009:
Plantago heterophylla
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Plantago heterophylla
4093
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Spikes brownish or green
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule dehiscing circumscissily
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