Plantaginaceae
Plantago

Plantago amplexicaulis Cav.

First published in Icon. 2: 22 (1793)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canary Islands, S. Spain, S. Italy, N. Africa to Sahara, E. Medit. to S. Iran and Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.

Morphology General Habit
Annuals or perennials (annuals in Iraq), 4–15(–30) cm tall, acaulous, or mostly with a short and conspicuous stem, erect or oblique and arcuate, glabrescent or pilose; root system usually dense Plant when dry becoming dark green especially leaves and bracts
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate or spirally inserted, 2–12 × 0.3–1.2 cm, narrowly lanceolate, finely acuminate, entire or very sparsely toothed, tapering and sub-petiolate into a wider sheathing base, glabrescent or pilose, margins usually ciliate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncle erect, straight or a little arcuate, equal to or usually longer than leaves, 5–15(–25) cm long, pilose
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Spike ovate-globular or oblong, 1–2.5(–3.5) cm; bracts usually concave, orbicular-ovate, 4.5–5.5 mm, glabrous
Morphology Leaves Leaf lamina
Lateral lamina broad-scarious, midrib herbaceous, narrow
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals broadly ovate to ovate, glabrous or hirsute-villous on midrib (in ours), anterior sepals larger and with a broader more herbaceous midrib than posterior sepal, midrib of posterior sepal two-thirds the length of lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla glabrous, lobes ovate-elliptic, acute, 3.2–3.7 mm, cymbiform
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule 1–2-seeded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seed ovoid, smooth.
Distribution
Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Egypt, Syria to Iran and Afghanistan.
[FIQ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0