Plantago floccosa
Prodr. 13(1): 723. 1852.
Perennials; caudex well developed, conspicuous, glabrous or hairy; roots several taproots, fragile. Stems 0–30 mm. Leaves 50–220 × 9–60 mm; blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, margins with inconspicuous teeth, veins conspicuous, surfaces hairy, adaxial surface hairs floccose, slender, 4–6 × 0.01–0.03 mm. Scapes 55–220 mm, lanate, hairs variously directed, long. Spikes greenish or brownish, 200–500 mm, densely flowered, flowers less crowded proximally; bracts narrowly triangular or triangular, 2–2.8 mm, lengths 0.9–1 times sepals. Flowers: sepals 1.9–2.7 mm; corolla radially symmetric, lobes erect, forming a beak, 2–2.9 mm, base obtuse; stamens 4. Seeds 3, 1.8–2.4 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Roadsides.
Elevation: 0–300 m.
Distribution
Fla., Mexico (Hidalgo, México, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz).
Discussion
According to J. Burkhalter (pers. comm.), Plantago floccosa is well established in northwestern Florida near the border with Alabama.
Selected References
None.