Plantago patagonica

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. Gnaphaloides
Species:

Name

Plantago patagonica Jacq., 1795

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Plantago patagonica var. typica Speg. in Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 53: 277 (1902), not validly publ.
Heterotypic
- Plantago candicans Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 713 (1852), nom. illeg.
- Plantago canescens Schrad. ex Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 713 (1852), not validly publ.
- Plantago gnaphalioides Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 100 (1818)
- Plantago ignota E.Morris in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 119 (1901)
- Plantago limarensis F.Phil. ex Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 91: 266 (1895)
- Plantago oblonga E.Morris in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 119 (1901)
- Plantago patagonica var. breviscapa (Shinners) Shinners in Sida 3: 121 (1967)
- Plantago patagonica var. erecta Pilg. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 38 (1928)
- Plantago patagonica f. glabrescens Pilg. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 38 (1928)
- Plantago patagonica var. gnaphalioides (Nutt.) A.Gray in Manual, ed. 2: 269 (1856)
- Plantago patagonica var. gracilescens Speg. in Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 53: 277 (1902)
- Plantago patagonica var. limarensis (F.Phil. ex Phil.) Reiche in Fl. Chile 6: 123 (1911)
- Plantago patagonica var. majuscula Pilg. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 38 (1928)
- Plantago patagonica var. minuscula Speg. in Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 53: 277 (1902)
- Plantago patagonica var. oblonga (E.Morris) Shinners in Sida 3: 122 (1967)
- Plantago patagonica var. spinulosa (Decne.) A.Gray in Manual, ed. 2: 269 (1856)
- Plantago patagonica f. vestita Pilg. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 38 (1928)
- Plantago picta E.Morris in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 118 (1901), nom. illeg.
- Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 120 (1818)
- Plantago purshii var. breviscapa Shinners in Field & Lab. 18: 118 (1950)
- Plantago purshii var. oblonga (E.Morris) Shinners in Field & Lab. 18: 117 (1950)
- Plantago purshii var. picta Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 269: 369 (1937)
- Plantago purshii var. spinulosa (Decne.) Shinners in Field & Lab. 18: 117 (1950)
- Plantago purshii var. typica Poe in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 55: 412 (1928), not validly publ.
- Plantago spinulosa Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 713 (1852)
- Plantago spinulosa var. oblonga (E.Morris) Poe in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 55: 411 (1928)
- Plantago spinulosa var. typica Poe in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 55: 410 (1928), not validly publ.
- Plantago wyomingensis Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 221 (1919)
- Plantago xerodea E.Morris in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 515 (1909)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
- Regional: USA
  - Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South
- Introduced into:
  - Germany, Kentucky

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

References

Primary references

Jacquin, N.J. 1786–1793. Icones Plantarum Rariorum. Vol. 2, 22 pp., pl. 201–454. Vindobonae. BHL Reference page. : 2:9, t. 306. 1795 ("1786-1793"); Collectanea 5:35. 1797 ("1796")

Additional references

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O., Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C.F.S. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348. ISBN 978-1-930723-70-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 2, Asteraceae); ResearchGate (Vol. 2, pp. 1581–1627, Bignoniaceae) . Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Plantago patagonica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 August 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Plantago patagonica. Published online. Accessed: August 03 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Plantago patagonica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 August 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Plantago patagonica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: woolly plantain
español: peludilla
suomi: Karvaratamo
Diné bizaad: Azeeʼitʼééł
svenska: Luddkämpar