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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Plantago lanceolata L.
English plantain, Narrowleaf plantain

Plantago lanceolata
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Plantaginaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for disturbed areas on the island of Key West.  Sparingly naturalized.  An herbarium voucher is needed for the Monroe County Keys.

Other data on Plantago lanceolata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Plantago lanceolata has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized




Plantago lanceolata has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Plantago lanceolata
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Plantago lanceolata
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Plantago lanceolata
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr