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|accepted_name=Plantago ovata
|accepted_authority=Forsskål
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.,
|place=31. 1775
|year=1775
}}
|common_names=Desert Indian-wheat
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Plantago insularis
|authority=Eastwood
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. insularis var. fastigiata
|authority=(E. Morris) Jepson
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Plantago;Plantago ovata
|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 ovata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 282, 288
|treatment_page=page 290
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Annuals; roots taproots, slender. <b>Stems</b> 0–30 mm, often branched. <b>Leaves</b> 10–230 × 0.5–12 mm; blade linear or narrowly elliptic, margins toothed, veins conspicuous or not, surfaces villous or lanate to sericeous. <b>Scapes</b> 10–400 mm, hairy, hairs woolly, long. <b>Spikes</b> grayish or brownish, 20–400 mm, densely flowered, flowers in spirals; bracts ovate or elliptic, 1.7–4 mm, length 0.8–1.2 times sepals, apex not reached by green nerve. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 1.9–3.5 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes reflexed, 1.3–2.8 mm, base cuneate; stamens 4. <b>Seeds</b> 2, 2–2.6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 8.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Sandy deserts and steppes.
|elevation=0–1800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora);Eurasia;Africa.
|discussion=<p>From molecular evidence, S. C. Meyers and A. Liston (2008) suggested that <i>Plantago ovata</i> was introduced to North America during the Pleistocene. They recognized four varieties; North American specimens can be treated as two varieties based on bract and corolla color: the inland <i></i>var.<i> fastigiata</i> (E. Morris) S. C. Meyers & Liston (midribs of mature flower bracts green, corolla lobes without reddish brown midribs) and the coastal <i></i>var.<i> insularis</i> (Eastwood) S. C. Meyers & Liston (midribs of mature flower bracts brown, corolla lobe midribs prominent, reddish brown). Unfortunately, these features are not easily seen on many herbarium specimens, and these taxa are not recognized here.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=meyers2008a
|text=Meyers, S. C. and A. Liston. 2008. The biogeography of Plantago ovata Forssk. (Plantaginaceae). Int. J. Pl. Sci. 169: 954–962.
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name=Plantago ovata
|authority=Forsskål
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Plantago insularis;P. insularis var. fastigiata
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Sandy deserts and steppes.
|elevation=0–1800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora);Eurasia;Africa.
|reference=meyers2008a
|publication title=Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.,
|publication year=1775
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Plantago
|species=Plantago ovata
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