Plantago pusilla

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 pusilla Nutt., 1818

Heterotypic
- Plantago bigelovii S.Watson in Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 212 (1871), nom. illeg.
- Plantago hybrida W.P.C.Barton in Comp. Fl. Philadelph. 2: 214 (1818)
- Plantago hybrida W.P.C.Barton in Fl. N. Amer. (Philadelphia) 3: 77 (1823), nom. illeg.
- Plantago maritima W.P.C.Barton in Fl. Philadelph. Prodr.: 26 (1815), nom. illeg.
- Plantago pusilla var. engelmannii E.Morris in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 528 (1909), nom. superfl.
- Plantago pusilla var. macrosperma Engelm. in Bot. Gaz. 8: 175 (1883)
- Plantago pusilla f. major (Engelm.) Bassett in Canad. J. Bot. 44: 478 (1966)
- Plantago pusilla var. major Engelm. in Bot. Gaz. 8: 175 (1883)

Plantago pusilla Bunge in Verz. Altai Pfl.: 13 (1836), nom. illeg. vide Plantago tenuiflora Waldst. & Kit. in Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 1: 37 (1800)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern USA
  - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
- Regional: Eastern Central USA
  - Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas
- Introduced into:
  - California, Oregon, Washington

Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 1. viii + 312 pp, D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 1:100.

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 pusilla 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 pusilla. Published online. Accessed: August 03 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Plantago pusilla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.