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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Plantago cordata   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago cordata   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Plantago cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-001:

Plantago cordata   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Plantago cordata

 

COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Plantain, King-root


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image of Plantago cordata, Heartleaf Plantain, King-root

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_plco2_001_lvd

        

image of Plantago cordata, Heartleaf Plantain, King-root

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_plco2_004_lvd

        

image of Plantago cordata, Heartleaf Plantain, King-root

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_cordata_heartlf

April        

Summer and winter leaves dimorphic, spring leaves showing a gradual transition between the two, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Plantago cordata, Heartleaf Plantain, King-root

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_cordata_heartlfb

April        

Leaf venation pinnate, some major veins departing midvein well above leaf base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Plantago cordata, Heartleaf Plantain, King-root

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_plantago_cordata

April        

Characteristically, P. cordata is a very robust plant, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Plantago cordata, Heartleaf Plantain, King-root

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_plantago_cordata_2b

April        

image of Plantago cordata, Heartleaf Plantain, King-root

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_plantago_cordata_3

April        

Spikes on scapes from plant base, the inflorescences often 1 meter in height, per Weakley's Flora (2022).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Plantago cordata   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Plantago cordata   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Plantago cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 172-01-001:
Plantago cordata   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Plantago cordata

 

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3750

Emergent aquatic or semi-aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Aquatic or semi-aquatic in streambeds with outcrops of slate, limestone, or calcareous clay, and aquatic in tidal estuaries, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Very scattered and rare in every state in which it occurs, except MO

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring
Spikes brownish or green; flowers green or purplish-brown
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
4 well exserted stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule dehiscing circumscissily

 

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