Plantago erecta
{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae}}
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| image = Plantago erecta 181761187.jpg
| genus = Plantago
| species = erecta
| authority = E.Morris
| synonyms = Homotypic Synonyms
- Plantago patagonica var. californica Greene (1894)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Plantago dura E.Morris (1900)
- Plantago obversa E.Morris (1901)
- Plantago obversa subsp. rigidior Pilg. (1937)
- Plantago speciosa E.Morris (1901)
- Plantago tetrantha E.Morris (1900)
| synonyms_ref = {{Cite POWO|id=201297-2|title=Plantago erecta|access-date=20 January 2023}}
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Plantago erecta is a flowering plant in the plantain family, commonly known as the California plantain, foothill plantain, dot-seed plantain, English plantain, and dwarf plantain. Plantago erecta is a small, unassuming annual herb with needle-like leaves and translucent flowers clustered on a stalk. It grows in sandy, clay, or serpentine soils, on grassy slopes and flats or open woodland, found in Baja California, California and Oregon.{{Cite web |title=UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for PLANTAGO erecta |url=https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment?5625,5626,5630 |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=ucjeps.berkeley.edu}} Plantago erecta is a host species for the Edith's checkerspot butterfly.{{cite journal|last=Murphy|author2=Launer, Ehrlich |title=The Role of Adult Feeding in Egg Production and Population Dynamics of the Checkerspot Butterfly Euphydryas editha|journal=Oecologia|year=1983|volume=56|issue=2|pages=257–263|doi=10.1007/bf00379699|pmid=28310203|bibcode=1983Oecol..56..257M |s2cid=24394104 }}
Distribution and habitat
Plantago erecta is native to the California Floristic Province, and is found in California, Oregon, and Baja California. It is found widely throughout California, except in the desert and northeastern portions of the state. In Baja California, Plantago erecta is found from the Mexico–United States border south to El Rosario and the Sierra de San Pedro Martir, but is also found in the southern part of the state in a disjunct distribution to the Sierra La Libertad.{{Cite journal |last=Rebman |first=Jon P. |last2=Gibson |first2=Judy |last3=Rich |first3=Karen |date=15 November 2016 |title=Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Baja California, Mexico |url=http://sdplantatlas.org/pdffiles/BajaChecklist2016.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History |publisher=San Diego Natural History Museum |volume=45 |pages=223 |via=San Diego Plant Atlas}}
Plantago erecta is most commonly found in sandy, clay, or serpentine substrates, and usually grows on grassy slopes, flats, dunes, openings between shrubs, and open woodland.{{Cite web |last=Rosatti |first=Thomas J. |date=2012 |title=Plantago erecta |url=https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=38559 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=Jepson eFlora |publisher=Jepson Flora Project}} Populations of this plant are usually patchy and localized, usually with many individuals. Ecoregions that this species is a member of include coastal sage scrub, chaparral, mountains, coastal succulent scrub, and at the southern end of its range in Baja California, desert.
References
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External links
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- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5625,5626,5630 Jepson Manual treatment: Plantago erecta] — Jepson Manual Online
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-cname=Foothill+plantain Calflora — Plantago erecta]
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Category:Flora of Baja California
Category:Plants described in 1900
Category:Butterfly food plants
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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