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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Plantago rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about American Plantain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago rugelii var. rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Plantago rugelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Plantago rugelii
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Plantago rugelii var. asperula
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Plantago rugelii var. rugelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Plantago rugelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-003:
Plantago rugelii FAMILY Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Plantago rugelii
COMMON NAME:
American Plantain, Broad-leaved Plantain, Blackseed Plantain, Rugel’s Plantain
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JK Marlow jkm0307e_36
July Greenville County SC
Flowers in a dense spike, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
COMPARE
Mousetail and Plantain
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2034
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves glabrous or essentially so, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2035
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Sepals narrowly elliptic, 2-4× long as wide (vs. P. major ~1.5× long as wide), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2042
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Well-developed leaves with 5-7 major veins, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Gill Newberry gn08_img_8839
August
Capsule circumscissile [dehiscing along a transverse circular line like a lid], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Gill Newberry gn08_p_rugelii_flowers
August
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Gill Newberry gn08_plantago_rugelii
August
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JK Marlow jkm120825_965
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Lvs broadly ovate-elliptic, venation parallel, major veins separating at base, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120825_986
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2458
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2459
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Petioles usually purple at base, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Plantago rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago rugelii var. rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Plantago rugelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Plantago rugelii
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Plantago rugelii var. asperula
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Plantago rugelii var. rugelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Plantago rugelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-003:
Plantago rugelii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Plantago rugelii
1101
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Spikes brownish or green; flowers greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
4 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule dehiscing circumscissily
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p534
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p398
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p213
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p097
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p281
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p234
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p276
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p161
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