I think it appears OK as per GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=3189763>
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 11:01, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > *Plantago afra *L. and *Plantago indica *L. appears quite close and > confusing. > I perused the illustration and description from Flora of Pakistan > <http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=5&start_taxon_id=125735> > where both are listed. > *Plantago indica *L.: > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250064177> > Annual herb. Stems usually 20-30 (-60) cm tall, loosely covered with short > glandular hairs, branches axillary. *Leaves opposite, flat, up to 6 (-8) > cm long, (2-) 3-4 mm broad*, *narrow-linear to linear-lanceolate, > attenuated upwards, apices obtuse,* entire to rarely slightly dentate. > Inflorescence opposite in the axils of the upper leaves. *Peduncles 5-6 > cm long*, subpatent. Spikes dense, many flowered, 1-1.5 (-1.75) cm long, > ovate-elliptic. *Lower parts of the two lower most bracts > rotundate-ovate, up to 4 mm long, then abruptly contracted and produced in > to a narrow, thick, 4-6 mm rarely to 10 mm long acuminate upper part,* > covered with long white, glandular hairs; *upper bracts very distinct > from the lower ones, rotundate ovate to obovate, apices nearly truncate*. > Description from Flora of China > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242417001>: > Herbs, annual. Taproot tenuous. *Stems, leaves, inflorescences, and > sepals white glandular pubescent. *Stem erect, (10-) 20-60 cm tall, > branched, internode elongate. Leaves cauline, opposite, seldom in whorls of > 3; petiole inconspicuous; *leaf blade linear to linear-lanceolate, > 3-6(-8) cm × 1-4(-5) mm, papery*, veins (1 or)3, *base decurrent onto > petiole, *margin entire, *apex acuminate. *Inflorescences arising from > leaf axil apically from middle of stem; spikes ovoid to ellipsoid, 0.7-2 > cm, densely flowered; peduncle 2-8 cm;* basal most bracts 0.5-2 cm but > reduced apically, base orbicular-ovate, apex cuspidate*. > FoP illustration > <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=115693&flora_id=5> > FoC illustration > <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=120086&flora_id=2> > > *Plantago afra* L. > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250033097> : > Annual herb with well developed stems. Stems up to 30 cm long, erect to > slightly ascendent, upper parts covered with short hard, glandular hairs in > young plants; stem usually branched in the upper part. *Leaves opposite, > thin, 3-6 cm long, 1.5-3 (-4) mm broad,* *linear to linear-lanceolate,* > entire to denate, *narrowed gradually at both ends, *apices ± obtuse, > base slightly dilated, covered sparsely with short, hard, glandular hairs. > Inflorescence axillary, *peduncles 3-5 cm long*, spreading, hairy. Spikes > 8-12 (-15) mm long, dense elliptic to short cylindrical-ovate. *Bracts > 3-8 mm long, slightly concave, narrow-ovate to ovate, in the upper part > produced into a long, narrow acuminate part, in the upper flowers the > produced parts shorter, *covered with intermixed short and long glandular > and nonglandular hairs. > FoP illustration > <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=115686&flora_id=5> > > Flora of Pakistan > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250033097> > says "Specimens collected by Miss Nishat Akhtar and Abida Begum from Swat > and Hazara respectively are similar to *Plantago afra* in all the > characters except that the bracts in these two specimens are very broad and > long, even longer than the length of the spikes. Such long bracts are > typical of *Plantago indica* but in *Plantago indica* the leaves are > filiform and usually revolute at the margins, while these specimens have > lanceolate, flat, leaves. These specimens after comparison with the types > and more collection may prove to be a new variety of *Plantago indica."* > > In view, I am in favour of going for *Plantago indica *L. for the time > being. Catalogue of life > <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/36199f9dab12e79ecc6f29394acfad0f> > (*Plantago arenaria* subsp. *arenaria* syn. *Plantago indica* L.) gives > its distribution in J & K (I), while POWO > <http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685262-1> > considers *Plantago indica *L. as an accepted name with bibliography > showing Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North > America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, > Oxford as the latest reference. > > Links of *Plantago indica *syn. *P. arenaria*: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago_arenaria > https://candidegardening.com/US/plants/3982585f-04df-49cf-b7ae-ebbdc0aed5d3 > https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/plantago/arenaria/ > > http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/Plants%20of%20Upper%20Newport%20Bay%20%28Robert%20De%20Ruff%29/Plantaginaceae/Plantago%20indica.htm > https://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=11026 > https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLAR6 > http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=Plantago%20arenaria > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Plantago_arenaria > > > > On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 11:12, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Plantago indica* photographed by (late) Krishan Lal ji, in Sirmaur >> distt, Himachal Pradesh. >> Best wishes >> Tabish >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5be83d57-c9a2-4910-9d8c-05edf614da35o%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5be83d57-c9a2-4910-9d8c-05edf614da35o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than > 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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