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Plantago lanigera

Plantago lanigera
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
New Zealand (incl. Stewart I.)
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Plantago lanigera is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described P. lanigera in 1864. Plants of this species of plantain are perennial with a rosette habit, leaves widest above the middle, few small angular to rounded seeds per capsule, glabrous bracts and sepals, and punctate leaves. It is listed as Not Threatened.

Where it grows

Plantago lanigera is a plantain that is endemic to the North, South and Stewart Islands of New Zealand.

Other Plantago plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plantago lanigera 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.

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