Plantago erecta

Plantago erecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Plantago
Species: P. erecta
Binomial name
Plantago erecta
E.Morris

Plantago erecta, in the Plantain family, is known variously as California plantain, foothill plantain, dot-seed plantain, English plantain, and dwarf plantain.

The plant is a small, unassuming annual herb with needle-like leaves and translucent flowers clustered on a stalk. It grows in sandy, clay, or serpentine soils, on grassy slopes and flats or open woodland, from Southern California to Oregon.[1]

Plantago erecta is a host species for the Edith's Checkerspot butterfly.[2]

References

  1. Jepson . accessed 1.22.2013
  2. Murphy; Launer, Ehrlich (1983). "The Role of Adult Feeding in Egg Production and Population Dynamics of the Checkerspot Butterfly Euphydryas editha". Oecologia 56 (2): 257–263. doi:10.1007/bf00379699.

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