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Plantago pusilla Nutt.
dwarf plantain

       
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Line Drawing of Plantago pusilla Nutt.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 249. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Plantago pusilla Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Plantago pusilla Nutt.

  PLHY5 Plantago hybrida W. Bartram
  PLPUM Plantago pusilla Nutt. var. major Engelm.
 

Distribution:
Plantago pusilla Nutt.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA)
 

Related Taxa:
Plantago pusilla Nutt.

View 2 genera in Plantaginaceae, 34 species in Plantago
 

Classification:
Plantago pusilla Nutt.

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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 pusilla Nutt. – dwarf plantain
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Plantago pusilla Nutt.

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 protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
slender plantain              Endangered, Extirpated
New Jersey:
dwarf plantain              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Plantago pusilla Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FAC UPL FACU FACU NI FACU FAC NI NO FACU+ FAC NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Plantago pusilla Nutt.

View species account 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 32889.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/21/2008 02:07 PM MDT