Plantago amplexicaulis, Cav.

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 : 42

19. P. amplexicaulis Cav. , Icon. Deser. 2: 22 (1793).

Annual; stems up to 5(-15) cm. Leaves 3-15 x 0-3-1-5 cm, alternate, linear-lanceolate, entire or remotely denticulate, 3- to 5-veined, with sparse or dense long, patent hairs. Scapes mostly exceeding the leaves, striate above, with usually sparse, long, patent hairs or glabrescent; spikes 1-2-5 cm, dense. Bracts 5-6 mm, orbicular or wider than long, glabrous. Sepals unequal, almost free, the anterior 3 -5-4 mm, with prominent greenish- or purplish-brown, strongly hairy keel, the posterior 3-3-5 mm, obscurely keeled. Corolla-tube c. 4 mm, glabrous; lobes c. 3-5 mm, ovate, subacute. Stamens exserted c. 2 mm. Capsule 5-6-5 mm; seeds 2, 4-5 mm, cymbiform. 2« = 10. Dry places. S. Spain', S. Italy’, S. part of Aegean region. Cr Gr Hs It.