Plantago patagonica -- (Pursh's Plantain)


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 Scientific Name:  Plantago patagonica
 Common Name:  Pursh's Plantain
 Other Common Names:  Wooly Plantain, Woolly Plantain
 Duration of Life:  Annual
 Bloom Color:  Yellow
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  High
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  Low
 Shade Tolerance:  Intolerant
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Medium
 Bloom Period:  Mid Spring
 Commercial Availability:  No Known Source
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  120
 Foliage Color:  Gray-Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Brown
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  Yes
 Fire Tolerance:  Low
 Foliage Texture:  Medium
 Growth Form:  Single Crown
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height, Mature (feet):  .5
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Short
 pH (Maximum):  9
 pH (Minimum):  6.4
 Precipitation (Minimum):  8
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  6
 Salt Tolerance:  Low
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  600000
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  52
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)

 Uses:  Fodder
 Where Found in S.E. MN:

 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Plantaginales
 Family:  Plantaginaceae
 Genus:  Plantago

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