Plantago lanceolata (English Plantain) - Non-Native

 4/9/05 JPL to Oakwilde, Gabrielino Trail, Lower Arroyo Seco, 

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

  4/9/05 JPL to Oakwilde, Gabrielino Trail, Lower Arroyo Seco, 

 5/19/01 JPL to Oakwilde, Gabrielino Trail, Lower Arroyo Seco, 

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

7/8/16 Roadside near pastures off Twin Lakes Road, Bridgeport, Eastern Sierras,

Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: English Plantain

SPECIES: Plantago lanceolata

FAMILY: Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/19/2001

LOCATION: PL to Oakwilde, Gabrielino Trail, Lower Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial from stout caudex, taprooted, short-hairy

Leaf 5–25 cm, lanceolate to lance-oblong, tapered gradually to petiole; margin generally finely dentate

Inflorescences few–many, 20–80 cm including peduncle; spike 2–8 cm, ± ovoid, becoming cylindric, dense; bract ± = sepals, widely ovate, acute, not exserted

Flower: corolla lobes 2–2.5 mm, spreading, ovate, tips ± acute; stamens 4

Seeds 1–2, ± 3 mm

Ecology: Common. Weed of waste places, lawns, roadsides

Elevation: < 1600 m.  

Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province 

Distribution outside California: native to Europe