Plantago coronopus, L.

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

4. P. coronopus L. , Sp. Pl. 115 (1753) .

Annual, biennial or perennial with one or few rosettes. Leaves 3-20 x 0-5-2 cm, linear to lanceolate, dentate to 1- to 2-pinnatifid, rarely entire, glabrous or shortly hairy on both surfaces; lobes entire or dentate, more or less distant. Scapes usually numerous, shorter than or exceeding the leaves, decumbent or ascending. Bracts ovate and subacute, or abruptly attenuate into a long apex, shorter than or equalling calyx. Posterior sepals with weakly ciliate wing. Capsule 3-locular; seeds 3-6, c. 1 mm. Coasts of Europe, eastwards to Poland and Krym, and northwards to the Faeröer and S. Sweden', inland in much of W. Europe and the Mediterranean region', casual elsewhere in N. & C. Europe. Al Az Be BI Br Bu Co CrDaFaGaGeGrHbHoHsItJuLuPoRmRs (K) SaSiSu Tu. 1 Bracts abruptly attenuate into a long apex (a) subsp. coronopus 1 Bracts ovate, ± acute 2 Spikes c. 0-3 cm wide, lax (c) subsp. cupanii 2 Spikes c. 0-5 cm wide, dense 3 Leaves usually pinnatifid (b) subsp. commutata 3 Leaves dentate (d) subsp. purpurascens