Plantago arenaria Waldst. & Kit.

Taxonomy: Fam. Plantaginaceae// Genus: Plantago// Species: Plantago arenaria  Waldst. & Kit.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Siberia and Iran, North Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Plantago indica L.).

Habitat: Open habitats on gravel or disturbed ground, roadsides, from the lowland up to the subalpine belt.

Flowering period: Summer- fall: JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP.

Plantago arenaria – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – inflorescences and leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – inflorescences and leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – fruiting inflorescences. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – fruiting inflorescences. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – fruiting inflorescences. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – habit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – habit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – fruiting inflorescences. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – leaf. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – habit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 06/2014. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – stem with inflorescence and leaves. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 06/2014. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago arenaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 06/2014. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Plantago indica L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685262-1 [Accessed 30.10.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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