RUGEL'S PLANTAIN
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Plantago rugelii Decne.
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| Cherokee County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 4-24 inches |
| Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August, September,October |
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| Stems: | | Stems absent or essentially so. Plants green, glabrous or glabrate. | | Leaves: | | Basal; petiole bases winged, often purplish; blades lanceolate to broadly ovate, 1.6 to 9 inches long, .8 to 6 inches wide, margins entire to undulate or coarsely dentate, tip acute or rounded. | | Inflorescences: | | Terminal spikes, long-cylindric, 2 to 14 inches; bracts lanceolate, 1 to 1.3 times as long as calyx; peduncles glabrous or glabrate. | | Flowers: | | Calyx 4-lobed, lobes ovate to oblong, .06 to .08 inch, margins broadly membranous, somewhat translucent; corolla semi-transparent but sometimes appearing white, tubular, 4-lobed, lobes less than .05 inch, reflexed; stamens 4. | | Fruits: | | Capsules lanceoloid, 1/8 to 2/5 inch; seeds 4 to 9, black, elliptic, ca. 1/12 inch. | | Habitat: | | Shaded lawns, stream valleys, pastures, waste places | | Distribution: | | Occurs nearly statewide | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | Plantago rugelii is known to cause hay fever.
Named for Ferdinand Igantius Xavier Rugel, German botanist. |
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