Plantago sempervirens, Crantz

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 : 44

34. P. sempervirens Crantz , Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 331 (1766)

( P. cynops L. 1762 , non L. 1753, P. suffruticosa Lam. ).

Dwarf shrub up to 40 cm with usually much-branched, shortly pubescent stems. Leaves 1-6 x c. 0- 1 cm, linear or linear-subulate, entire or remotely denticulate, scabrid-puberulent. Peduncles 2-10 cm; spikes 0-5-1 -5 cm, with (3—)5—12 flowers. Lower bracts 5-10 mm, ovate to ovate-orbicular with wide membranous margin, abruptly contracted into a linear apex or acute; upper bracts ovate to lanceolate. Sepals unequal. Corolla-tube 4-5 mm; lobes 2-5-3-5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Capsule 4-5 mm; seeds 3-4 mm, cymbiform, ovate to oblong-lanceolate in outline. Dry places. 2/z= 12. S. W. Europe, extending to C. Italy’, locally naturalized in C. Europe. Co Ga Hs It [Au?Cz He].