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Photographer: Dan Tenaglia
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Family Plantaginaceae
Plantago virginica L.
dwarf plantain, pale-seed plantain, Virginia plantain
Plantago: from Latin planta meaning "foot print"
virginica: of Virginia
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 8"-12" tall, weedy, hairy, taprooted forb |
| Flower: | green to white, 4-parted, 1/16" long; leaf-like, hairy, short bracts below the flowers; inflorescence a 1"-3" conical spike; blooms May-June |
| Leaf: | widely elliptical to oval with a wide, rounded tip, 3 parallel veins, becoming erect after blooming |
| Habitat: | dry; in sandy soil |
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