View source for Plantago australis

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|accepted_name=Plantago australis
|accepted_authority=Lamarck in J. Lamarck and J. L. M. Poiret
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Tabl. Encycl.
|place=1: 339. 1792
|year=1792
}}
|common_names=Mexican plantain
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Plantago australis subsp. hirtella
|authority=(Kunth) Rahn
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. hirtella
|authority=Kunth
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. hirtella var. galeottiana
|authority=(Decaisne) Pilger
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. hirtella var. mollior
|authority=Pilger
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Plantago;Plantago australis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Plantago]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Plantago australis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 283, 285
|treatment_page=page 284
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Perennials; caudex glabrous; roots fibrous, stout. <b>Stems</b> 0–10 mm. <b>Leaves</b> 40–350 × 6–77 mm; blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, margins entire, veins conspicuous, surfaces pilose, rarely glabrate, adaxial surface hairs not floccose, less than 2 mm long, more than 0.03 mm wide. <b>Scapes</b> 30–560 mm, hairy, hairs antrorse, short. <b>Spikes</b> greenish or brownish, 100–1000 mm, densely flowered; bracts narrowly triangular, 1.6–4.2 mm, length 0.8–1.5 times sepals. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 2–2.5 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes erect, forming a beak, 2–2.8 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. <b>Seeds</b> 3, 1.2–2.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Open places.
|elevation=0–1000 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Plantago australis</i> occurs in Cochise, Coconino, and Pima counties. <i>Plantago australis</i> is most diverse in South America, where as many as 16 subspecies (K. Rahn 1974) may be recognized. Plants from California identified as P. hirtella are most likely <i>P. subnuda</i>. However, since the most important distinguishing character of <i>P. australis</i> is the absence of the developed taproot (which is fragile and often broken in herbarium specimens), all these samples require careful examination. Further research is needed also to clarify the circumscriptions of <i>P. australis</i> and <i>P. subnuda</i>.</p>
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name=Plantago australis
|author=
|authority=Lamarck in J. Lamarck and J. L. M. Poiret
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Plantago australis subsp. hirtella;P. hirtella;P. hirtella var. galeottiana;P. hirtella var. mollior
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Open places.
|elevation=0–1000 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Tabl. Encycl.
|publication year=1792
|special status=
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|genus=Plantago
|species=Plantago australis
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