PLANTS Profile for Plantago ovata (desert Indianwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Plantago ovata Forssk.
desert Indianwheat

Symbol:

PLOV

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Plantaginaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Plantago ovata Forssk.

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Synonyms:
Plantago ovata Forssk.

	PLBR2	Plantago brunnea Morris
	PLFA	Plantago fastigiata Morris
	PLGO	Plantago gooddingii A. Nelson & Kennedy
	PLIN3	Plantago insularis Eastw.
	PLINF	Plantago insularis Eastw. var. fastigiata (Morris) Jeps.
	PLINS	Plantago insularis Eastw. var. scariosa (Morris) Jeps.
	PLMI	Plantago minima A. Cunn.

Distribution:
Plantago ovata Forssk.


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Plantago ovata Forssk.

View 2 genera in Plantaginaceae, 34 species in Plantago

Classification:
Plantago ovata Forssk.

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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 ovata Forssk. – desert Indianwheat

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Plantago ovata Forssk.

Plantago insularis:

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

FAC

UPL

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Plantago ovata Forssk.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504438.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 03:04 PM CDT