PLANTAGINACEAE - - Plantain Family

Plantago aristata Michaux — Buckhorn Plantain

Note: Photos courtesy of Ellen Honeycutt.

Habitat:

Disturbed areas, especially dry, barren, exposed soil, such as clay soils denuded by bull-dozing; introduced from farther west (though the original distribution is unclear, and the species is sometimes considered native in at least portions of our area).

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].