Plants Profile for Plantago patagonica (woolly plantain)

General Information
Symbol:	PLPA2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Characteristics
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, San Bernardino Co., Mojave Desert Preserve. April 19, 2003. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Argentina. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

Sheri Hagwood. USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM). United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. May 18, 2007. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, San Bernadino Co., Baldwin Lake. May 21, 2004. Usage Requirements.

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, CO. Usage Requirements.

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MN, Florence. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 248. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
PLPAB	Plantago patagonica Jacq. var. breviscapa (Shinners) Shinners
PLPAG	Plantago patagonica Jacq. var. gnaphalioides (Nutt.) A. Gray
PLPAO	Plantago patagonica Jacq. var. oblonga (Morris) Shinners
PLPAS	Plantago patagonica Jacq. var. spinulosa (Decne.) A. Gray
PLPI	Plantago picta E. Morris
PLPU80	Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult.
PLPUB	Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult. var. breviscapa Shinners
PLPUO	Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult. var. oblonga (Morris) Shinners
PLPUP	Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult. var. picta (E. Morris) Pilg.
PLPUS2	Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult. var. spinulosa (Decne.) Shinners
PLSP5	Plantago spinulosa Decne.
PLWY	Plantago wyomingensis Gandog.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Plantaginales
Family	Plantaginaceae – Plantain family
Genus	Plantago L. – plantain
Species	Plantago patagonica Jacq. – woolly plantain

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Ohio woolly plantain Endangered

U.S. Weed Information
Plantago patagonica woolly Indianwheat woolly plantain This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

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