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Plantago spathulata

Plantago spathulata
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0

Plantago spathulata, known in Māori as kaupārerarera or pārerarera, is a small perennial rosette plantain endemic to New Zealand, growing in grasslands, herbfields and rocky or coastal sites. It is a hardy native that tolerates a range of dry or wet, well-drained conditions.

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining mineral soil, gravel or sandy mix.
Temperature
5–25 °C; tolerates cold and frost well as a temperate native.
How easy
Easy
Native range
New Zealand (SE. North I. to South I.)
Climate
temperate

About

Plantago spathulata (also known as kaupārerarera or pārerarera in te reo Māori) is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described P. spathulata in 1853. Plants of this species of plantain are perennial with a rosette habit, leaves widest above the middle, up to 4 ellipsoid seeds per capsule, bracts with hairs along the edges, and midribs of bracts and sepals hairy. It is listed as Not Threatened.

Where it grows

Plantago spathulata is a plantain that is endemic to the North and South 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 spathulata 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.

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