736 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Quebec, Ontario; New England, west to Minie- 
sota and Nebraska, south to Georgia and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. In close damp soil, pastures, waste places, borders of 
fields. Common. Most abundant in upper districts. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Am. sept. ad colles et ad vias, prope Decatur, Alabama sept.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago maritima L. Sp. P].1:114. 1753. SEASIDE PLANTAIN. 
Adventive from Europe with ballast. Mobile County; rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: “Hab. in littoribus mari[ti]mis Europae borealis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago coronopus L. Sp. P].1:115. 1753. 
Adventive with ballast. Mobile County; rare. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab.in Europae glareosis.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Piantago lanceolata L. Sp. Pl.1:113. 1753. Ris Grass. ENGLISH PLANTAIN. 
El. Sk. 1: 202. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 423. Chap. Fl. 278. Gray, Syn. FLN. A. 2, pt. 
1:391. 
KUROPE, 
Extensively naturalized in Atlantic North America from Canada to the Gulf. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. In cultivated ground. Mobile County. May to July. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Europae campis sterilibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago aristata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:95. 1803. 
Plantago patagonica aristata Gray, Man. ed. 2, 269. 1859. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,424. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 634; ed.3,391. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:391. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb 2:345. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York to Tennessee and upper 
Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Pine belt. Dry, sandy ground. Clay 
County, Moseley. Tuscaloosa County. Flowers July, August. Notrare. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in pratensibus Illinoensium.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago virginica L. Sp. Pl.1:113. 1753. COMMON PLANTAIN. 
Ell. Sk.1:201. Gray, Man. ed. 6,424. Chap. FI. 278. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:391. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2: 345. ‘ 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Southern New England to southern Illinois and 
Missouri, south to Florida, and west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: OvertheState. Drysandy fields. ApriltoJune. Abundant. Annual., ~ 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago virginica purpurascens (Nutt.). 
Plantago purpurascens Nutt.; Rapin, Mém. Soc. Linn. Par. 6:454. 1827. 
P. occidentalis Decsne. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt.1:722. 1852. 
P. virginica longifolia Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 2, pt.1:392. 1878. 
Gray, Syn. Fl.N.A.1l.¢. Coult. Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 345. 
MEXxIco. 
Louisianian area. Southern Arkansas and Texas to southern Arizona. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Pastures and waysides, in sandy soil. Mobile County, 
Summerville. June. Only locality known in the State. 
Plantago heterophylla Nutt. Trans, Am. Phil. Soc. ser. 2,5:177. 1833-1837. 
MANY-SEEDED PLANTAIN. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 424. Chap. Fl. 278. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt.1:392. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 345. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Tennessee and Florida, west to 
Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Low damp fields, pastiires. Jawrence 
County, Moulton. Tuscaloosa County. Lee County, Auburn (Zarle). Mobile County. 
Flowers, April, May; frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘On the banks of the Mississippi and Arkansas; abundant.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
