| Accepted name: |
Plantago aristata Michx. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult.
-Plantago patagonica Jacq. var. aristata (Michx.) A. Gray
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| English names: |
Large-bracted Plantain
Large-bracted Plantain
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| French names: |
Plantain aristé
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Plantaginales
Family: Plantaginaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPLAAR
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Poultice of leaf applied for headache. Infusion of root taken for dysentery and infusion given to check babies' bowels. Infusion used for poisonous bites and stings. Poultice used for blisters, ulcers, insect stings and infusion used orally and as wash(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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