Plantago eriopoda

Torrey

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 237. 1827.

Common names: Redwool plantain plantain à base velue
Synonyms: Plantago shastensis Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 286. Mentioned on page 284.

Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, brown-woolly; roots taproots, thick. Stems 0–20 mm. Leaves (30–)50–250 × (5–)15–70 mm; blade lanceolate to elliptic, margins entire, veins conspicuous, laterals branching from base, surfaces glabrous or hairy. Scapes (40–)50–300 mm, glabrous or hairy. Spikes brownish or greenish, (25–)80–500 mm, loosely flowered, rachis visible between flowers; bracts broadly ovate, 2–2.5 mm, length 0.8–1.2 times sepals. Flowers: sepals 2–2.5 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1–1.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. Seeds 2–4, 2–2.5 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Moist meadows and prairies, wetlands, marshes, fens, ditches, stream banks, saline or alkaline soils.
Elevation: 0–2900 m.

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Iowa, Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Wyo., Mexico (Durango).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Torrey +
Redwool plantain +  and plantain à base velue +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Iowa +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Wyo. +  and Mexico (Durango). +
0–2900 m. +
Moist meadows and prairies, wetlands, marshes, fens, ditches, stream banks, saline or alkaline soils. +
Flowering late spring–early summer. +
Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York +
Plantago shastensis +
Plantago eriopoda +
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