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(First upload on Ausugt 9 2015. Last on 16 2017) [ 日本語 | English ]

Plantago L. (オオバコ) Tsubomi-oobako (ツボミオオバコ, 蕾大葉子), Virginia plantain Tachi-oobako (タチオオバコ) Lifeform: weedy, annual/biennial forb Distribution: Native to the North America (exotic to Japan) Japan: south to Kanto District Habitat: ruderal, on roadsides, waste and open places

Flower: producing chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers Furit: capsule → containing two seeds Leaf: dense hair Chromosome number: 2n = 12, or 24 Synonyms, discarded Plantago virginica L. var. viridescens Fernald

Plantago virginica in Japan

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[1-3] at the imperial gardens in the former lawn (Shiba) detached palace, Tokyo, on May 29 2015. [4-6] along a paved road near JR Nagasaki Station, northwestern Kyushu, on April 16 2017.