Plantago major Calflora

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Taxon Report

Plantago major L.

Common plantain

2019 Bob Sweatt

2009 Barry Breckling

2013 Debra L. Cook

2019 Bob Sweatt

2009 Barry Breckling

2015 Zoya Akulova

Plantago major is a perennial 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: disturbed

Communities: wetland-riparian, weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Plantago asiatica
PLANTS	Plantago halophila
PLANTS	Plantago intermedia
PLANTS	Plantago major ssp. intermedia
PLANTS	Plantago major var. asiatica
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Information about Plantago major from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PLMA2) 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: 06/05/2023).