Plantago eriopoda

Plantago eriopoda
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Plantago
Species:	P. eriopoda
Binomial name
Plantago eriopoda Torr.

Plantago eriopoda is a species of plantain known by the common name redwool plantain. It is native to much of western and central North America from Alaska to the southwestern United States to the Great Lakes region, where it can be found in moist and wet habitat types, sometimes in alkaline soils. It is a perennial herb producing a clump of lance-shaped to narrow oval leaves up to 25 centimeters long. The leaves may have slightly toothed edges and often have a coating of woolly red hairs near their bases. The stemlike inflorescences grow erect to a maximum height near half a meter. Atop the peduncle of the inflorescence is a dense cylindrical spike of many tiny flowers. Each flower has a whitish corolla with four lobes each about a millimeter long accompanied by sepals covered with small bracts.

Taxonomy

Plantago eriopoda was scientifically described and named by John Torrey in 1827. It is part of the genus Plantago which is classified in the Plantaginaceae family. It has no accepted forms, but three have been described that are heterotypic synonyms along with seven other taxa.

Table of Synonyms

Name	Year	Rank	Notes
Plantago attenuata E.James	1823	species	nom. illeg.
Plantago cucullata Pursh	1813	species	nom. illeg.
Plantago eriopoda f. angustior Pilg.	1937	form
Plantago eriopoda f. latior Pilg.	1937	form
Plantago eriopoda f. maxima Pilg.	1937	form
Plantago glabra Nutt.	1818	species
Plantago lanceolata var. latifolia Hook.	1838	variety
Plantago oblongifolia Decne.	1852	species
Plantago retrorsa Greene	1901	species
Plantago shastensis Greene	1901	species
Plantago virescens Barnéoud	1845	species

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• Southwest Colorado Wildflowers