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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Plantain Family
  7. Plantain
  8. Micropsyllium
  9. Dwarf Plantain

species 88 observations

Dwarf Plantain

Plantago pusilla

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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44 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Edith's Checkerspot, Celery Looper Moth, Ruby Tiger Moth, Common Looper Moth 32
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Northern Plantain Flea Beetle 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Rosy Apple Aphid, Eastern Cottontail, Wild Turkey 3
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Margined Calligrapher, Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee, Common Ringlet 8

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
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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