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Plantago elongata
Also called Linear Leaved Plantain, Long Leaved Plantain, Slender Plantain, Coastal Plantain
Prairie plantain is a small annual herb of wet meadows, vernal pools and salt-tinged coastal soils across western North America. It is a wild plant rather than a garden favourite, so it is grown mainly for restoration or native-plant projects, and it needs moisture while it is actively growing.
Plantago elongata is a species of plantain known by the common names prairie plantain and slender plantain.
It is native to much of western North America, from British Columbia to California and as far east as Minnesota. It grows in wet habitats, such as vernal pools and wet meadows, including areas with saline and alkali soils, such as beaches.
Plantago elongata is native to Canada from British Colombia to Manitoba. In the United States it is native to the states west of Texas and North Dakota with the exception of Nevada, and also to the state of Minnesota. It is also native to the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is an introduced species in South Africa.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plantago elongata 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.
