PLANTS Profile for Plantago lanceolata (narrowleaf plantain)

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Plantago lanceolata L.
narrowleaf plantain

Symbol:

PLLA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Plantaginaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		I

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MD, Silver Spring. Usage Requirements.

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Plantago lanceolata L.

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Synonyms:
Plantago lanceolata L.

	PLAL3	Plantago altissima auct. non L.
	PLLAS	Plantago lanceolata L. var. sphaerostachya Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

Distribution:
Plantago lanceolata L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Plantago lanceolata L.

View 2 genera in Plantaginaceae, 34 species in Plantago

Classification:
Plantago lanceolata L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Plantaginales
Family	Plantaginaceae – Plantain family
Genus	Plantago L. – plantain
Species	Plantago lanceolata L. – narrowleaf plantain

Noxious Weed Information:
Plantago lanceolata L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arkansas:
buckhorn plantain		Noxious weed
Iowa:
buckhorn		Secondary noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Plantago lanceolata L.

English plantain
buckhorn plantain
lanceleaf plantain
narrowleaf plantain
ribgrass
ribwort

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Plantago lanceolata L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Plantago lanceolata L.

Nat. Ind.

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UPL,FACW

UPL

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FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Plantago lanceolata L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32874.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Plantago lanceolata L.

Arizona: abstract & image of ribwort (Plantago lanceolata)

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Virginia: abstract & image

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