Plantago atrata, Hoppe

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 : 42

15. P. atrata Hoppe , Bot. Taschenb. 1799: 85 (1799)

( P. montana sensu Lam. , non Hudson, P. fuscescens Jordan ).

Leaves 5-20 x 0-5-1-5 cm, flat or slightly canaliculate, long-acuminate, green, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Scapes as long as or longer than leaves, erect or ascending, sparsely hairy. Spike 1 -5-3 cm, oblong-ovoid. Bractsentire, long-ciliate, with glabrous or sparsely pubescent keel and brown or colourless margins. Sepals long-ciliate, with brownish margin. Anthers yellowish or violet. Capsule conical; seeds 3-5 mm. 2« = 12, 24 + 0-2B, 36. Mountains of C. & S. Europe. Al Au Bu Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).

A rather variable species, including interfertile variants which have been recognized as subspecies or species but which intergrade morphologically.