Plantago coronopus Calflora

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Taxon Report

Plantago coronopus L.

Buckhorn plantain, Cut leaf plantain

2022 R.A. Chasey

2021 Zoya Akulova-Barlow

2017 MCOSD Restoration Crew

2018 Julian Geoghegan

2022 R.A. Chasey

2008 Jorg Fleige

2018 Julian Geoghegan

2022 R.A. Chasey

2020 Jennifer Mo

2010 Gary A. Monroe

2009 Zoya Akulova

2020 Jennifer Mo

Plantago coronopus is an annual herb that is not native to California.


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Genus:	Plantago
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: coastal, salt-marsh

Communities: Coastal Strand, Coastal Salt Marsh, Coastal Sage Scrub, Closed-cone Pine Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Plantago coronopus ssp. commutata

Information about Plantago coronopus from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PLCO3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/03/2023).