Plantago erecta

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

Plantago erecta, in the plantain family, is known variously as California plantain, foothill plantain, dot-seed plantain, English plantain, and dwarf plantain.

The plant is a small, unassuming annual herb with needle-like leaves and translucent flowers clustered on a stalk. It grows in sandy, clay, or serpentine soils, on grassy slopes and flats or open woodland, found in Baja California, California and Oregon.^[1]

Plantago erecta is a host species for the Edith's checkerspot butterfly.^[2]

References[]

^ Jepson . accessed 1.22.2013
^ Murphy; Launer, Ehrlich (1983). "The Role of Adult Feeding in Egg Production and Population Dynamics of the Checkerspot Butterfly Euphydryas editha". Oecologia. 56 (2): 257–263. doi:10.1007/bf00379699. PMID 28310203. S2CID 24394104.

External links[]

Jepson Manual treatment: Plantago erecta — Jepson Manual Online
Calflora — Plantago erecta

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[1] Jepson . accessed 1.22.2013

[two-2] Murphy; Launer, Ehrlich (1983). "The Role of Adult Feeding in Egg Production and Population Dynamics of the Checkerspot Butterfly Euphydryas editha". Oecologia. 56 (2): 257–263. doi:10.1007/bf00379699. PMID 28310203. S2CID 24394104.

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