Plantago subulata, 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 : 41

9. P. subulata L. , Sp. Pl. 115 (1753) .

Like 8 but stock densely branched; leaves 0-1-0-2 cm wide, rigid, trigonous throughout most of their length, often apiculate at apex, sometimes distinctly hairy; scapes erect, usually not exceeding the leaves; spikes (l-)2-5xO-2-0-3 cm; bracts acuminate. 2« = 12. S. & S. C. Europe. Al *Au Bu Co Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Rm Sa Si Tu.

P. holosteum Scop. FI. Cam. ed. 2, 1: 108 (1771) ( P. acanthophylla Decne , P. carinata Schrader ex Mert. & Koch , non Moench), with the stock leafy only at the apex and scapes often greatly exceeding the leaves, is probably a variant of 9. It has 2л = 12.

Subsp. insularis (Gren. & Godron) Nyman, Consp. 618 (1881) (P. insularis Gren. & Godron, P. humilis Guss. ), from high altitudes in Corse, Sardegna and Sicilia, is only a dwarf variant of 9; it has In = 24.