396 RUBIACEAE (MADDER FAMILY) 
SANDWORT PLANTAIN 
Plantago drendria, W. and K. 
Other English names: Whorled Plantain, Sand- 
wort. 
Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: All summer. 
Seed-time: Until bloom is checked by frost. 
Range: Local in several states of the Middle 
West. 
Habitat: Grasslands. 
This is the most lately imported member of 
the Plantain Family, brought to this country in 
clover seed from Central Europe. It is not yet 
sufficiently well known to predict its character 
as a weed, but, judging it by the qualities of 
nearly related plants, its prompt destruction 
wherever noticed may be strongly recommended. 
Stem six to fifteen inches tall, at first simple 
but later diffusely branched, hairy, and some- 
what viscid. Leaves opposite or whorled, linear, 
entire, sessile, one to three inches long. Spikes 
numerous, on slender axillary peduncles some- 
é what longer than the leaves; small and bluntly 
Fie. 275. — oblong. Capsule contains but one seed, which is 
Sandwort Plantain 
(Plantago arena- dark brown, canoe-shaped, and grooved on one 
ria). Xk. side. (Fig. 275.) 
BLUE FIELD MADDER 
Sherdrdia arvénsis, L. 
Other English names: Spurwort, Herb Sherard. 
Introduced. Annual. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: June to July. 
Seed-time: July to August. _ he 
Range: Nova Scotia to Ontario and Michigan, southward to New 
Jersey and Ohio. 
Habitat: Clover fields and meadows. 
An immigrant from Europe, brought to this country in impure 
clover seed and increasing its range by the same agency. The fleshy 
