Plantago ovata

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. Albicans
Species:

Name

Plantago ovata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 31 (1775).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Plantago decumbens Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 30 (1775).
  - Plantago ovata var. decumbens (Forssk.) Zohary, Palestine J. Bot., Jerusalem Ser. 1: 227 (1938).
- Plantago villosa Moench, Methodus: 459 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Plantago argentea Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 136 (1798), nom. illeg.
- Plantago microcephala Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 378 (1804).
- Plantago monspeliensis Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 160 (1809).
- Plantago ispaghul Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 174 (1810).
- Plantago albicans Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 127 (1818), nom. illeg.
- Plantago declinata Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 127 (1818).
- Plantago decumbens var. viridis Barnéoud in P.B.Webb & S.Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 3): 186 (1846).
- Plantago leiocephala Wallr. ex K.Koch, Linnaea 21: 713 (1849).
- Plantago ovatifolia Steud., Flora 32: 412 (1849).
- Plantago minima A.M.Cunn., Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1896: 202 (1896), nom. illeg.
- Plantago insularis Eastw., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 112 (1898).
  - Plantago insularis var. typica Poe, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 55: 418 (1928), nom. inval.
  - Plantago ovata var. insularis (Eastw.) S.C.Meyers & Liston, Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168: 961 (2008).
- Plantago fastigiata E.Morris, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 116 (1900).
  - Plantago insularis var. fastigiata (E.Morris) Jeps., Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 956 (1925).
  - Plantago ovata var. fastigiata (E.Morris) S.C.Meyers & Liston, Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168: 961 (2008).
- Plantago scariosa E.Morris, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 117 (1900).
  - Plantago insularis var. scariosa (E.Morris) Jeps., Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 956 (1925).
- Plantago brunnea E.Morris, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 115 (1900).
  - Plantago fastigiata var. brunnea (E.Morris) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 269: 374 (1937).
- Plantago gooddingii A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn., Muhlenbergia 3: 142 (1908).
- Plantago trichophylla Nábelek, Spisy Prír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 105: 6 (1929).
- Plantago mauritii Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 242 (1936).
- Plantago ovata f. linearifolia Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 151 (1936), nom. alt.
- Plantago ovata var. linearifolia Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 151 (1936), nom. alt.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Germany (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Spain.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Madeira.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Socotra, Somalia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Turkmenistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- Regional: China
  - China Southeast, Xinjiang (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Thailand (introduced).
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast, Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico Northwest.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex Officina Mölleri: Hauniae [=Copenhagen]. 1–20 + i–xxxiv + 1–164 + 1 map. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Plantago ovata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul 29. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Plantago ovata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jul 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Plantago ovata. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jul 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Plantago ovata. Accessed: 29 Jul 2025.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Plantago ovata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: ইসবগুল
català: Saragatona de l'Índia
čeština: Jitrocel vejčitý
English: desert indianwheat
suomi: Jänönratamo
हिन्दी: ईसबगोल
日本語: インドオオバコ
मराठी: इसबगोल
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਈਸਬਗੋਲ