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Plantago raoulii

Plantago raoulii
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
temperate

About

Plantago raoulii (also known as kopakopa or tūkōrehu in te reo Māori) is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to New Zealand. Joseph Decaisne described P. raoulii in 1852. Plants of this species of plantain are perennial with a rosette habit, leaves widest above the middle, usually 5 seeds in a specific arrangement in each capsule, and bracts with mostly glabrous edges. It is listed as Not Threatened.

Where it grows

Plantago raoulii is a plantain that is endemic to the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It is widespread throughout New Zealand and can be locally common.

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 raoulii 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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