Plantago aristata

Taxonavigation

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

Plantago aristata Michx., 1803

Homotypic
- Plantago gnaphalioides var. aristata (Michx.) Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer., Bot. N. Brit. Amer. 2: 123 (1838)
- Plantago patagonica var. aristata (Michx.) A.Gray in Manual, ed. 2: 269 (1856)
- Plantago purshii var. aristata (Michx.) M.E.Jones in Bull. Montana State Univ., Biol. Ser. 15: 46 (1910)
Heterotypic
- Plantago aristata var. minuta T.K.Zheng & X.S.Wan in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 12: 373 (1992)
- Plantago aristata var. nuttallii (Rapin) E.Morris in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 108 (1900)
- Plantago curta Engelm. ex Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 713 (1852)
- Plantago filiformis Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 714 (1852), nom. illeg.
- Plantago frankii Steud. in Flora 32: 409 (1849)
- Plantago mollis Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Beechey Voy.: 43 (1830)
- Plantago nuttallii Rapin in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 470 (1827)
- Plantago squarrosa Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 178 (1835), nom. illeg.
- Plantago verticillata E.Morris in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 117 (1901)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern USA
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
- Regional: Western USA
  - California, Oregon, Washington
- Regional: Canada
  - Nova Scotia, Ontario
- Introduced into:
  - China North-Central, China Southeast, Free State, Germany, Hawaii, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Wisconsin

Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 1:95. 1803

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 aristata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Plantago aristata. Published online. Accessed: July 28 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Plantago aristata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 July 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Plantago aristata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.