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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Plantaginaceae
Plantago aristata Michx.
bracted plantain, buck-horn, large-bracted plantain
Plantago: from Latin planta meaning "foot print"
aristata: bearded, furnished with awns; bristly
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual/perennial, 5"-10" tall, thinly hairy forb; taprooted |
| Flower: | cream, 4-parted, tiny, 2-lobed; leaf-like, hairy, long bracts below the flowers, 4 stamens barely protruding; inflorescence a 1"-2 1/3" woolly, cylindrical spike; blooms June-Nov. |
| Leaf: | mostly linear to 7" long, stalks flaring and papery at the sheathing base |
| Habitat: | dry; disturbed sites |
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