Plantago tenuiflora, Waldst. & Kit.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 39

2. P. tenuiflora Waldst. & Kit. , Pl. Rar. Hung. 1: 37 (1800- 1801).

Annual with one rosette. Leaves 2-15 x 0 05-0-2(-0-4) cm, linear, flat, entire or remotely dentate, l-(to 3-)veined, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Scapes about equalling leaves, terete, subglabrous or with short ascending hairs; spikes up to about as long as rest of scape, lax, often interrupted at base. Bracts l-5-2(-3-5) mm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. Sepals 1-5-2 mm, subequal, glabrous, green, with wide scarious margins. Corolla-tube c. 2 mm, glabrous; lobes c. 0-75 mm, ovatelanceolate, subacute, glabrous. Stamens exserted 1-2 mm. Capsule 3-4 mm; seeds 6-10(-15), 1-1-5 mm, fusiform. 2л = 24. Usually on saline or strongly alkaline soils. E.C. & S.E. Europe, extending north-eastwards to 52° 30' in S.C. Russia', Öland. Au BuCzHuRmRs (C, W, K, E) Su.