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Plantago ovata

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

desert Indianwheat

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.

Size

  • Length 2.5–3 mm
  • Width 1.2–1.5 mm
  • Thickness 0.7–0.9 mm

Color

Gray brown with light brown in the center

Texture

Finely grained

Other structures

DorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
 side rounded and ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side concave

Identification notes

Brown longitudinal bar on dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
 side and V-shaped bars on ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
cavity.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Alaska, Connecticut, Mississippi, Washington 

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Plantaginaceae

Valid name

Plantago ovata Forssk.

Synonyms

Plantago brunnea Morris
Plantago fastigiata Morris
Plantago gooddingii A. Nelson & Kennedy
Plantago insularis Eastw.
Plantago insularis Eastw. var. fastigiata (Morris) Jeps.
Plantago insularis Eastw. var. scariosa (Morris) Jeps.
Plantago minima A. Cunn.

Plantago ovata. True seeds with a brown longitudinal bar on the dorsal side and V-shaped bars in the ventral cavity.
Plantago ovata. True seeds with a brown longitudinal bar on the dorsal side and V-shaped bars in the ventral cavity.
Plantago ovata. True seeds with a brown longitudinal bar on the dorsal side and V-shaped bars in the ventral cavity.
Plantago ovata. True seeds with a brown longitudinal bar on the dorsal side and V-shaped bars in the ventral cavity.