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<i>Plantago cretica</i>

Plantago cretica

Species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae

Plantago cretica is a species of Plantago, family Plantaginaceae known by the common name Cretan plantain.

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Description and Biology

It is a tumbleweed,[1] densely tufted annual plant. The leaves are in basal rosette, entire, narrow-linear and woolly, upright, to 15 cm. The inflorescences and short flowering stalks are densely creamy to brown-hairy, curling downwards after flowering to form a dense mass at the base of the plant. Flowering from March to May.[2]

Habitat

Dry, sandy and rocky soils.

Distribution

This Mediterranean species is from Greece(Aegean islands and Crete), Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey. It has been introduced in Australia.

References

  1. [1]
    W. F. Ganong (1896). "An outline of phytobiology". Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 13: 3–26, page 1 errata. page 16
  2. [2]
    "Wonders at our feet". 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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