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Dotseed Plantain
Plantago erecta
  
About Dotseed Plantain (Plantago erecta) 9 Nurseries Carry This Plant Plantago erecta is a small, unassuming annual herb with needle-like leaves and translucent flowers clustered on a stalk. It grows in sandy, clay, or serpentine soils, on grassy slopes and flats or open woodland, from California to Oregon. It is known variously as California Plantain, Foothill Plantain, Dot-seed Plantain, English Plantain, and Dwarf Plantain. P. erecta is a primary host plant for the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Annual herb

Size
Size
0.2 - 0.8 ft tall

Form
Form
Upright

Growth Rate
Growth Rate
Fast, Moderate

Flower Color
Flower Color
Brown, White

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Spring

Wildlife Supported
 


Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture
Moisture
Very Low

Nurseries
Nurseries

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil Description
Soil Description
Adaptable

Common uses
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Sandy, clay, or, grassy slopes and flats

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.3" - 77.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.13" - 2.25", Coldest Month: 24.6" - 59.4", Hottest Month: 45.5" - 88.3", Humidity: 0.15" - 39.35", Elevation: -3271" - 11310"

Alternative Names
Common Names: California Plantain, English Plantain, Foothill Plantain


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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