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Plantago erecta
Also called California Plantain, Dot Seed Plantain, Erect Plantain
Dotseed plantain is a small annual herb with narrow, needle-like leaves and tiny clustered flowers, native to grassy slopes and open woodland from Oregon to Baja California. It is a host plant for the Edith's checkerspot butterfly and is usually grown in native plant gardens rather than as an ornamental.
Plantago erecta is a flowering plant in the plantain family, commonly known as the California plantain, foothill plantain, dot-seed plantain, English plantain, and dwarf plantain. Plantago erecta is a small, unassuming annual herb with needle-like leaves and translucent flowers clustered on a stalk. It grows in sandy, clay, or serpentine soils, on grassy slopes and flats or open woodland, found in Baja California, California and Oregon. Plantago erecta is a host species for the Edith's checkerspot butterfly.
Plantago erecta is native to the California Floristic Province, and is found in California, Oregon, and Baja California. It is found widely throughout California, except in the desert and northeastern portions of the state. In Baja California, Plantago erecta is found from the Mexico–United States border south to El Rosario and the Sierra de San Pedro Martir, but is also found in the southern part of the state in a disjunct distribution to the Sierra La Libertad.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plantago erecta 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.
