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Plantago brownii

Plantago brownii
Photo: Heidi Meudt, CC BY 4.0

Plantago brownii is a small, fleshy rosette plantain native to coastal Tasmania and the subantarctic Auckland Islands, where it grows in salt spray near the high tide mark. It is a wild coastal halophyte rather than a garden or houseplant, so care notes below reflect its native habitat.

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Annual, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Grows in salt spray and coastal turf; in cultivation, water when the top of the soil dries out.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates saline coastal soils.
Temperature
Cool temperate; tolerates cold and windy coastal conditions, frost tolerance not documented in sources.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Tasmania, Auckland Is.
Climate
temperate

About

Plantago brownii is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is native to Tasmania, Australia and the subantarctic Auckland Islands of New Zealand. Robert Brown described the species in 1810, as P. carnosa R.Br. Plants of this species of plantain are annual or perennial with a rosette habit, fleshy toothed leaves, and short inflorescences.

Where it grows

Plantago brownii is a plantain that is native to Tasmania, Australia and the subantarctic Auckland Islands of New Zealand.

Other Plantago plants

Glandular Plantain · Plantago albicans · Alpine Plantain · Plantago altissima · Plantain · Largebracted plantain · Chinese Plantain · Plantago aucklandica · Plantago bellardi · Heartleaf plantain · Plantago cornuti · Buckhorn plantain

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plantago brownii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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