Plantago maritima

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. Coronopus
Sectio: P. sect. Maritima
Species:
Subspecies: P. m. subsp. maritima – P. m. subsp. subpolaris

Plantago maritima L., 1753

Homotypic
- Arnoglossum maritimum (L.) Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 293 (1821 publ. 1822)
- Plantaginella maritima (L.) Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 140 (1869)

Plantago maritima W.P.C.Barton in Fl. Philadelph. Prodr.: 26 (1815), nom. illeg. vide Plantago pusilla Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 100 (1818)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional: Africa, America & Eurasia
  - Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Central European Russia, Chile South, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kirgizstan, Krym, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Morocco, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Virginia, Washington, Yukon

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Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Plantago maritima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 August 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Plantago maritima. Published online. Accessed: August 02 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Plantago maritima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 August 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Plantago maritima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.