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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Plantago sparsiflora
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago sparsiflora
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Plantago sparsiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Plantago sparsiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Plantago sparsiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Plantago sparsiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-010:
Plantago sparsiflora FAMILY Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Plantago sparsiflora
COMMON NAME:
Pineland Plantain
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Plantago sparsiflora
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago sparsiflora
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Plantago sparsiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Plantago sparsiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Plantago sparsiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Plantago sparsiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-010:
Plantago sparsiflora
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Plantago sparsiflora
4869
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas over calcareous substrates (coquina limestone), now usually found in moister human-created microhabitats adjacent to these sites, such as fire-plow lines, shallow ditches along roadsides, or mowed powerline rights-of-way, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Spikes brownish or green
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
4 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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