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Plantago aucklandica is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to the subantarctic Auckland Islands, New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described P. aucklandica in his Flora Antarctica in 1844. Plants of this plantain are large with large leaves, up to seven veins, wide petioles, colliculate seeds, and long spikes with dozens of flowers and one-seeded fruits. This species in considered to be "At Risk — Naturally Uncommon", as it is an island endemic with a restricted range.
Plantago aucklandica is a plantain that is endemic to the Auckland Islands, New Zealand. It is found only at the higher elevations of the Auckland Islands, specifically on Auckland Island and Adams Island, where it grows in fellfield, marshy places, on bare wind-blown areas and in rocky places of 360–550 m (1,180–1,800 ft) elevation. It also occurs on ridge tops of Disappointment Island with Acaena minor var. antarctica, Gentianella concinna, and Bulbinella rossii.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plantago aucklandica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
