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Plantago patagonica
Also called Patagonia Plantain, Woolly Indianwheat, Patagonia Indian Wheat, Pursh's Plantain, Woolly Indian Wheat
Plantago patagonica is a species of plantain known by the common name woolly plantain. It is native to much of North America and to Argentina in South America. It grows in many types of habitat, including grassland, desert and woodlands. It is a hairy annual herb producing narrow leaves usually not exceeding 15 centimeters (6 in). There are usually many stemlike inflorescences growing straight upwards to a maximum height of around 15 cm (6 in).
In the northern hemisphere woolly plantain is native to western Canada, most of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. In South America it is native to much of Argentina. It is not found in the tropical areas of the Americas between these two highly disjunct populations. It has been found in Kentucky, but is not thought to be native to the state and has also been found growing in both Germany and Italy.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plantago patagonica 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.
