Plantago afra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Plantagineae
Genus: Plantago
Subgenus: P. subg. Psyllium
Sectio: P. sect. Psyllium
Species:
Subspecies: P. a. subsp. afra – P. a. subsp. obtusata – P. a. subsp. zwierleinii

Plantago afra L., 1762

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional: Central Asia
  - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen
- Regional: Southwestern Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkey
Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Sicilia, Türkey-in-Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Asia
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
- Regional: Mascareñas
  - Canary Is., Cape Verde, Madeira, Selvagens
- Regional: Central Africa
  - Chad, Niger
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Western Sahara
- Introduced into:
  - Bolivia, Cape Provinces, Czechia-Slovakia, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Plantago afra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Plantago afra. Published online. Accessed: July 27 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Plantago afra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 July 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Plantago afra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.