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14. Plantago erécta Morris. California Plantain. Fig. 4982. 
lens oe patagonica var. californica Greene, Man. Bay Reg. 236. 1894. Not P. californica Greene, Bull. Calif. 
- cad. 1: 123, 1885. 
Plan 5 dace Morris, Bull. pages Club 27: 113. 1900. 
Plontavo avects Morris, op. cit 
a Morris, op. ae 9. 
Ploniésgn spetiied Morris, op. cit a8: 120. 1901. 
Flantago obversa Morris, op. cit. 1 
Plantago hookeriana var. iitwaie Poe, op. cit. 55: 417. 1928. 
ual with 1 to several prs commonly erect or a ing, 7-20 cm. high, thinly to geod 
Sa eres pubescent with appressed ba Leaves narrowly to rather broadly linear, nar- 
rowed above to an acutish ape b to an elonga somewhat winged petiole, 41 cm. 
long, 1-4 ide, 3 d; spikes cylindric to ovoid-capitate, 1-3.5 : ¥ m. in 
diam eter ; bra pare: shorter than the calyx, sees usually , with a , green or 
middle or above the middle of the bract ; flowers ph calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, 
i n, with b s i si. 5m 
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reflexed, brownish at base; seeds 2, rown, finely — halaok on inner surface. 
Common on grassy hillsides and flats, Transition and Upper Sonoran Zon Rogue River Valley, Oregon, 
southward west of the ge ee hay Nevada Divide to northwesterit. pie California. Type locality: ‘‘Abun- 
ant on grassy plains and hillsides,” San Francisco Bay region. March—May 
his species shows a great Varia ability of growth form, iiparentty: ae to habitat, 
and is expressed by 
height, number of scapes, and length of spikes 
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4979. Plantago aristata 4981. Plantago insul. 
4980. Plantago purshii he tint erecta 
