Plantaginaceae
Plantago

Plantago notata Lag.

First published in Gen. Sp. Pl.: 7 (1816)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Spain, N. Africa to 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
Annual, acaulous, 2–10(–20) cm tall, tufted, hirsute at base
Morphology Leaves
Leaves linear or narrowly linear in outline, 2–8(–17) × 0.1–0.3(–1) cm, glabrescent to sparsely pilose then with tuft of hairs at base of lobes, but usually pilose-villous, entire or mostly furnished with linear acute lobes, lobes 1–8(–15) mm, glabrescent or usually sparsely pilose, rarely pilose-villous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncle thin, ascending or erect, usually equal to leaves or longer, rarely shorter, long pilose
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Spike dense, globose-oblong or short-cylindrical, 0.5–1.5(–3) cm; bracts ovate orbicular, usually broader than long, ± 3 × 3–4 mm, obtuse, scarious except for herbaceous midrib, long-pilose or lanate, margin usually long-ciliate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals rotund-elliptic, obtuse, scarious with short midrib, pilose or fleecy at base, otherwise glabrescent, ciliate at apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla lobes rotund to broadly ovate, 1.5–2.2 mm, obtuse, usually brown-veined on the throat (the base of the lobe), tube a little longer than lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule 2-seeded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds elliptic.
Ecology
Wadi beds, depressions in deserts and at margins of desert, amongst ruins, sand and limestone hills in desert, north slope of mounds, banks of irrigation channels and on damp loamy and clay soils on plains; alt. 10–230 m
Phenology
Feb.-May.
Distribution
Frequent in the Desert Plateau Region, the Lower Mesopotamian Region and the Upper Plains. Spain and Algeria through Mediterranean region to Cyprus, Caucasus and Iran.
Vernacular
idhan as sakhailah (recorded by Blakelock, loc.cit.).
[FIQ]

Uses

Use
Grazed by livestock.
[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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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