Plantago bellardii, All.

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 : 43

29. P. bellardii All. , FI. Pedem. 1: 82 (1785).

Annual with one or few rosettes. Leaves 2-7(-10) x 0-1-0-5 cm, linear-lanceolate, entire or remotely denticulate, 3-veined, laxly to densely villous with more or less patent hairs. Scapes usually 1-7, terete, densely hairy with both long and short patent hairs; spikes l-2(-4) cm, dense. Bracts 3-6 mm, the lower up to 8 mm, oblong-lanceolate, villous. Sepals unequal, almost free, the anterior 4-5 mm, with very narrow scarious margins, the posterior 3-4 mm, with wide scarious margins. Corolla-tube c. 3-5 mm, glabrous; lobes c. 2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Stamens exserted c. 2 mm. Capsule c. 2-5 mm; seeds 2, c. 1 -75 mm, narrowly cymbiform. Dry, sandy ground and waste places. S. Europe. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.