Plantago cretica

Plantago cretica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Plantago
Species:	P. cretica
Binomial name
	Plantago cretica; L.

Plantago cretica is a species of Plantago, family Plantaginaceae known by the common name Cretan plantain.

Description and Biology[]

It is a tumbleweed,^[1] densely tufted annual plant. The leaves are in basal rosette, entire, narrow-linear and woolly, upright, to 15cm. The inflorescences and short flowering stalks are densely creamy to brown-hairy, curling downwards after flowering to form a dense mass at the base of the plant. Flowering from March to May.^[2]

Habitat[]

Dry, sandy and rocky soils.

Distribution[]

This Mediterranean species is from Greece(Aegean islands and Crete), Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey. It has been introduced in Australia.

References[]

^ W. F. Ganong (1896). "An outline of phytobiology". Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 13: 3–26, page 1 errata. page 16
^ "Wonders at our feet". 2013. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)[1]

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[1] W. F. Ganong (1896). "An outline of phytobiology". Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 13: 3–26, page 1 errata. page 16

[2] "Wonders at our feet". 2013. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)[1]

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