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Plantago lanceolata

(Narrow-Leaved Plantain)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Buckhorn, Buckhorn Plantain, English Plantain, Lanceleaf Indianwheat, Lanceleaf Plantain, Narrow-Leaved Plantain, Narrowleaf Plantain, Ribgrass, Ribwort, Ribwort Plantain

Common Names in French:

Petit Plantain

Common Names in German:

Spitzwegerich

Common Names in Italian:

Arnoglossa, Lanciuola

Common Names in Portuguese:

Tanchagem-Menor

Common Names in Russian:

подорожник ланцетный, Podorožnik Lancetnyj

Common Names in Spanish:

Llantén Menor, Llantén Menor

Common Names in Swedish:

Spetsgroblad

Description

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Subfamily Coliadinae

Sulphurs are members of the Family Pieridae. In North America, sulphurs range from Mexico to northern Canada. Females of most species are distinctly different from males. Some species are mud-puddlers and will collect around muddy pools on dirt roads. Sulphurs overwinter as larvae.

Genus Plantago

Annual or perennial , or mostly acaulescent herbs, sometimes an undershrub. Leaves usually all radical , sometimes cauline. Flowers hermaphrodite, dimorphic , polygamous, usually in many-flowered cylindrical spikes, rarely capitate. Calyx lobes subequal or 2 large and 2 small. Corolla tube cylindrical, sometimes contracted at the throat , usually equalling the calyx, sometimes exserted, lobes 4, equal, patent . Stamens 4, inserted at or above the middle of the corolla tube, often exserted. Ovary 2-locular or 3-4-locular with false free septa; locules with 1 to many ovules. Capsule membranous, circumscissile. Seeds usually peltate, testa thin, mucilaginous , albumen fleshy .

A cosmopolitan genus, with approximately 270 species, which is represented in Pakistan by nearly 20 species.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November. • Flower Color: bronze, brown

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 18-24" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[2]

Biology

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Diet

[Migration]

Reproduction

Duration: Annual , Biennial, Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 9-12" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Plantago altissima auct. non L.
  2. Plantago lanceolata var. sphaerostachya Mert. and Koch

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000.

Name verified on 13-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 13-Feb-2007

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Plantago

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 748 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. abyssinica · P. acanthophylla · P. accedens · P. accrescens · P. achalensis · P. acutiloba · P. adriatica · P. adspersa · P. adspersus · P. aegyptica · P. aff. pritzelii · P. affinis · P. afra (African Plantain) · P. afra subsp. zwierleinii · P. afra var. obtusata · P. afra var. parviflora · P. africana · P. agrestis · P. agrostophylla · P. aitchisonii · P. akkensis · P. alata · P. albicans · P. albicantiformis · P. albida · P. albiflora · P. algarbiensis · P. aliena · P. alismatifolia · P. almogravensis · P. alopecurus · P. alpestris · P. alpina · P. altissima · P. ambigua · P. amblodes · P. amblyacme · P. americana · P. amphibola · P. amplexicaule · P. amplexicaulis · P. anatolica · P. angustata · P. angustifolia · P. annua · P. antarctica · P. aquatica · P. aquatilis · P. arabica · P. arachnoidea · P. arachnoides · P. araucana · P. arborescens · P. arborescens maderensis · P. arborescens subsp. maderensis · P. archeri · P. arctica · P. arechavaletai · P. arenaria · P. arenaria subsp. orientalis · P. argentea · P. argentea subsp. liburnica · P. argentina · P. argyraea (Salt-Meadow Plantain) · P. argyrea · P. argyrophylla · P. aristata (Large-Bracted Plantain Plantago Aristata) · P. aristata nuttallii · P. aristata var. minuta · P. armerifolia · P. armeriifolia · P. arvensis · P. aschersonii · P. asiatica · P. asiatica 'Ki Fu' · P. asiatica 'Variegata' · P. aspera · P. asperrima · P. asphodeloides · P. asplundii · P. assoana · P. atlantica · P. atrata · P. atrata atrata · P. atrata discolor · P. atrata subsp. discolor · P. atrofusca · P. attenuata · P. aucklandica · P. aundensis · P. australis (Mexican Plantain) · P. australis cumingiana · P. australis subsp. pflanzii · P. australis subnuda (Mexican Plantain) · P. australis subsp. angustifolia · P. australis subsp. cumingiana · P. australis subsp. hirtella (Mexican Indianwheat) · P. australis subsp. leioloma · P. australis subsp. oreades · P. australis subsp. pflanzii

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Plantago". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 245.740 meters (806.234 feet), Standard Deviation = 528.970 based on 5,788 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009