Weed
common plantain, broad-leaved plantain
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.
Irregularly ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
Brown
Seed has small, linear ridges on the dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
side, which converge on hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
on the ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side. Ridges are stippled.
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus). is medial on a raised ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side.
Seeds are convex on both sides. Hilum located centrally on ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side. Small ridges travel the length of the dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit. side but turn on the ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side and converge toward the hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus)..
State Noxious Weed: Alaska, Connecticut, Mississippi, Washington
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Plantaginaceae
Plantago major L.
Plantago asiatica auct. non L.
Plantago halophila E.P. Bicknell
Plantago intermedia Gilib.
Plantago major L. var. asiatica auct. non (L.) Decne.
Plantago major L. var. intermedia (DC.) Pilg.
Plantago major L. ssp. intermedia (DC.) Arcang.
Plantago major L. var. pachyphylla Pilg.
Plantago major L. var. pilgeri Domin
Plantago major L. var. scopulorum Fr. & Broberg
