BOTTLE-BRUSH PLANTAIN
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Plantago aristata Michx.
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| Shawnee County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 4-16 inches |
| Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August |
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| Stems: | | Stems absent or essentially so. Plants dark green. | | Leaves: | | Basal; blades linear, 4 to 9.5 inches long, 1/12 to 1/8 inch wide, margins entire, tip attenuate. | | Inflorescences: | | Terminal spikes, long cylindric, 3/5 to 6 inches; bracts linear, 2 to 12 times as long as calyx; peduncles appressed-pubescent or hairs loosely ascending. | | Flowers: | | Calyx 4-lobed, lobes oblong to narrowly obovate, 1/10 to 1/7 inch, margins thin, membranous, somewhat translucent; corolla semi-transparent but sometimes appearing white, tubular, 4-lobed, lobes .05 to .09 inch, spreading or reflexed; stamens 4. | | Fruits: | | Capsules ellipsoid, 1/10 to 1/7 inch; seeds 2, reddish tan, boat-shaped, 1/12 to 1/8 inch. | | Habitat: | | Dry, rocky tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies, rocky woodlands, pastures | | Distribution: | | Native | | Origin: | | East 1/2 of Kansas | | Comments: | | aristata, full of awns or bristles |
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