Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, glabrous; roots fibrous, thick. Stems 0–20 mm. Leaves (80–)100–400(–550) × (5–)10–35(–40) mm; blade oblanceolate or almost linear, margins entire, veins conspicuous, 4 or 5, surfaces glabrous. Scapes 300–400 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy, becoming densely so distally. Spikes greenish or brownish, 350–450 mm, loosely flowered; bracts ovate to deltate, 3–4 mm, length 1.5–2.5 times sepals. Flowers: sepals 1.5–2 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes spreading, 1.5–2 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. Fruits ovoid, indehiscent or dehiscence not circumscissile. Seeds 1 or 2, 4–5 mm. 2n = 24.

Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Wet places, tidal marshes, saline areas.
Elevation: 0–700 m.

Distribution

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B.C., Alaska, Oreg., Wash., Asia.

Discussion

Plantago macrocarpa has been documented along the Pacific coast south to the mouth of the Yachats River in Oregon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.