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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Plantago media
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 113. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Hoary plantain;plantain moyen
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Plantago;Plantago media
|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 media]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 281, 283
|treatment_page=page 290
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Perennials; caudex glabrous or hairy; roots taproots, thick. <b>Stems</b> 0–20 mm. <b>Leaves</b> prostrate, sometimes ascending, 40–200 × 30–70 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, margins entire or toothed, veins conspicuous, surfaces hairy, hairs 0.5 mm. <b>Scapes</b> 80–300 mm, not groove-angled, hirsute. <b>Spikes</b> grayish or whitish, 100–400 mm, densely flowered, shiny; corolla lobes of neighboring flowers overlapping; bracts ovate, 1.8–2 mm, length 0.9–1 times sepals. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 2 mm, adaxial 2 nearly distinct; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.5 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. <b>Seeds</b> 2–4, 2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12, 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Disturbed areas, neutral and basic soils.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Three varieties of <i>Plantago media</i> have been recognized in western Europe. It is not clear how names of those varieties apply to <i>P. media</i> in eastern Europe and North America.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Plantago media
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Disturbed areas, neutral and basic soils.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_699.xml
|genus=Plantago
|species=Plantago media
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