Plantago macrorhiza, Poiret

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 40

5. P. macrorhiza Poiret , Voy. Barb. 2: 114 (1789).

Perennial with several rosettes. Leaves 4-10(-15)x0-4-l(-l-5) cm, fleshy, rigid, linear-lanceolate to broadly oblanceolate-spathulate, dentate or pinnatifid, subglabrous or shortly hairy. Scapes few, exceeding the leaves, arcuate-ascending. Spikes 2-7 x 0-6-0-8 cm, dense. Bracts ovate, long-acuminate, equalling or exceeding calyx; keel prominent, thickened. Anterior sepals with the membranous margins of equal width; posterior sepals with a narrow, long-ciliate wing on the keel. Capsule 2-locular; seeds 2-4, 1-1-5 mm. 2n =10. Coastal habitats. Mediterranean region from Corse to S.E. Italy, one station in S.W. Spain. Co Hs It?Lu Si.