Plantago media 北車前、中車前

Common name: Hoary Plantain
Scientific name: Plantago media 北車前、中車前
Genus: Plantago 車前草屬
Family: Plantaginaceae 車前科, plantain family

Remarks*:

Origin: native

Date: 19th July

0018 A pubescent perennial.

20 Basal rosette.

22 Leaves 4-6cm, ovate to elliptic, 5-9-ribbed, almost sessile or short-stalked.

21 Underside of the leaf.

23  The inflorescence stalk, much longer than leaves, to 30cm, not furrowed.

19-1 Spike 2-6cm.

18-1 Flowers whitish; filaments purple. (sorry that the rain overnight make it looks a bit messy)

Plantago maritima 沿海車前

Common name: Sea Plantain
Scientific name: Plantago maritima 沿海車前
Genus: Plantago 車前草屬
Family: Plantaginaceae 車前科, plantain family

Remarks*:

Origin: native

Date: 16th July

252 A glabrous perennial, in rosettes, 1 to many rosettes, forming tight clump.

132 Spikes to 7cm. 

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130 Leaves narrow, entire, sparsely toothed.

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Flowers open from the top of the inflorescence. These are flower buds.

Stamens appears first. Flowers brownish, about 3mm; corolla lobes with broad brown midrib.

Stigma and style appears after the anthers had withered.

Plantago coronopus 芹葉車前草

Common name: Buck's-horn Plantain
Scientific name: Plantago coronopus 芹葉車前草
Genus: Plantago 車前草屬
Family: Plantaginaceae 車前科, plantain family

Remarks*:

Origin: native

Date: 22nd May

A pubescent annual to perennial plant. Inflorescence stalk to 20 cm; spikes to 4 cm.

A rosette of leaves.

Leaves variable, linear, entire to toothed or deeply divided. (Deeply divided in the above photo)

This plant is gynodioecious (雌花兩性花異株的). (having a mixture of hermaphrodite flowers on some plants and only female flowers on other plants.) 

Hermaphrodite flowers. Male phase of the flowers now. Petals 4, stamens yellow.

Female phase of the flowers for this spike. Styles are protruding from the flowers now.

Plantago lanceolata 長葉車前草, 長葉車前, 窄葉車前, 臨車前, 披針葉車前

Common name: Ribwort Plantain
Scientific name: Plantago lanceolata 長葉車前草, 長葉車前, 窄葉車前, 臨車前, 披針葉車前*
Genus: Plantago 車前草屬
Family: Plantaginaceae 車前草科, plantain family

Origin: native

Remarks*: It had also been recorded in HK as an exotic species.

Date: 29th June

leaves 10 - 15 cm, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, entire or weekly toothed

flower stalk deeply furrowed, to 45 cm

Plantago major 大車前草, 寛葉車前

Common name: Greater Plantain
Scientific name: Plantago major 大車前草, 寛葉車前
Genus: Plantago 車前草屬
Family: Plantaginaceae 車前草科, 車前科, plantain family

Origin: native

Date: 10th June

leaves in a single rosette

fruits (5th Aug)