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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Plantain Family
  7. Plantain
  8. Section Maritima
  9. Sea Plantain

species 18,860 observations

Sea Plantain

Plantago maritima

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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60 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Edith's Checkerspot, White-marked Tussock Moth, Celery Looper Moth, Ruby Tiger Moth 41
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Northern Plantain Flea Beetle, Black-horned Tenthredo 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Snow Goose, Canada Goose, Eastern Meadow Vole, Rosy Apple Aphid 8
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Margined Calligrapher, Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee, Common Ringlet 9

Children

  • Goosetongue
  • Goosetongue
  • Plantago maritima serpentina

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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