PLANTS Profile for Plantago elongata (prairie plantain)

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PLANTS Profile

Plantago elongata Pursh
prairie plantain

Symbol:

PLEL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Plantaginaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Canada, Alberta. Usage Requirements.

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Plantago elongata Pursh

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Distribution:
Plantago elongata Pursh


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Plantago elongata Pursh

View 2 genera in Plantaginaceae, 34 species in Plantago or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Plantago elongata Pursh ssp. elongata. .

Plantago elongata ssp. elongata
prairie plantain

Distribution of Plantago elongata Pursh ssp. pentasperma Bassett. .

Plantago elongata ssp. pentasperma
prairie plantain

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Plantago elongata Pursh

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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 elongata Pursh – prairie plantain

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Plantago elongata Pursh

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Minnesota:
slender plantain		Threatened

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 elongata Pursh

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 6

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW+

FACW+

FACW

FAC

FACW-

FACW

FACW*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Plantago elongata Pursh

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32877.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 11:21 PM CDT