Delicate annual herb ; up to12 cm high . Stems short with leaves forming a basal rosette , branched at base . Leaves 15–100 × 2–2 . 5 mm , linear-lanceolate , base tapering , apex acute , margins entire or with a few denticulations , densely pilose , 1-veined , greyish-green . Inflorescences in peduncles up to 10(–16) cm , pilose ; spikes ovate to ovate_x0002_cylindrical , up to 2 cm ; bracts ± 3 mm , ovate ; midrib green to brownish green , margins wide scarious , pilose on the midrib or glabrous or sometimes shortly pubescent . Flowers tubular ; calyx 4- lobed , 2–3 mm , lobes unequal , glabrous ; corolla tubular , 4-lobed above ; tube ± 2 mm , glabrous ; lobes ± 2 mm , broadly ovate , apiculate ; stamens 4 , exserted . Fruit capsule , 3 mm , pale brown , membranous when mature , dehiscence circumsessile , 2-seeded . Seeds ± 2 mm , oblong , brownish . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
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Plantago argentea Desf.
Plantago decumbens Forssk.
Plantago monspeliensis Willd.
Plantago ovata var. decumbens (Forssk.) Zohary
Plantago villosa Moench
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maintenanceAr.Item1
Blond Plantain
Desert Indianwheat
Blond Psyllium
Ispaghol
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*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://swbiodiversity.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
