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vossner
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
March 28, 2012 4:24 PM Post #9060984
| 1st pic is overall plant
2nd pic flower bud?
thanks for your help
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sladeofsky
Louisville, KY (Zone 6b)
March 28, 2012 4:31 PM Post #9060990
| Plantago, plantain. |
vossner
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
March 28, 2012 5:37 PM Post #9061062
| I think it is plantago. I'll leave this open a little longer to see if somebody can ID which plantago. I think you can ID by the flower thingy (see 2nd pic above). I tried but no luck. |
sladeofsky
Louisville, KY (Zone 6b)
March 28, 2012 5:39 PM Post #9061064
| My hunch is Plantago majus. |
vossner
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
March 28, 2012 5:41 PM Post #9061068
| I considered p. major but the foliage on my plant is not as broad. |
sladeofsky
Louisville, KY (Zone 6b)
March 28, 2012 5:44 PM Post #9061075
| Is yours in any shade? |
vossner
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
March 28, 2012 5:45 PM Post #9061081
| i've yanked it from shady spots as well as full sun spots. seems happy in either location
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steadycam3
Houston Heights, TX (Zone 9a)
March 28, 2012 5:51 PM Post #9061093
| I have that as it is a food source for the buckeye butterfly and mine has broader leaves and the same type of inflorescence/seed stalk. It is definitely Plantago and probably majus. Growing conditions influence its appearance to some degree. |
sladeofsky
Louisville, KY (Zone 6b)
March 28, 2012 5:56 PM Post #9061104
| your leaf margins are very toothed... makes me wonder. What do you think of P. rugelii?
http://www.fnanaturesearch.org/index.php?option=com_naturese... |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
 March 28, 2012 5:59 PM Post #9061111
| With the lobes on the leaves, it looks a bit like Plantago coronopus, Buckhorn Plantain.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PLCO3 |
sladeofsky
Louisville, KY (Zone 6b)
March 28, 2012 6:02 PM Post #9061114
| I thought of that, but every photo I find of P. coronopsus has much thinner longer leaves. |
sladeofsky
Louisville, KY (Zone 6b)
March 28, 2012 6:12 PM Post #9061130
| The more I look the more I keep coming back to P. major (not sure where I came up with majus). There is som variablity in its leaf structure. I'm not at all certain though. |
vossner
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
March 31, 2012 9:56 AM Post #9064312
| well, it's just a weed. plantain is good enough. thanks to tall. I shall yank it ASAP. |
