Plantago sericea Ruiz & Pav.


Family	PLANTAGINACEAE
Genus species	Plantago sericea Ruiz & Pav. trib. Plantaginae
Synonyms	Plantago argyrophylla Decne
	Plantago dombeyi Pilg.
	Plantago hillii Pilg.
Habitat	rocky slopes
Altitude	2500-4500m
Description	leaves densely crowded at apex of branchlets, curvate, narrowly linear, 2-5cm, to 1mm wide, sericeous-hirsute, peduncles thin, rigid, spikes short, dense, bracts ovate
Size	10-15cm
Color
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	subshrub
Cultivation	rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagation	seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer
Territory	Northern America Mexico Southern America Northern South America (Venezuela ) Western South America (Bolivia , Colombia , Peru)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	PLANTAGINACEAE Plantago sericea Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 1: 51 (1798) 2500-4500m ============================================================================= sericea typica ined. Synonyms: Plantago argyrophylla Decne Plantago congesta Ruiz & Pav. Plantago dombeyi Pilg. Plantago hillii Pilg. Plantago lindeniana Decne. ex Wedd. Plantago macbridei Pilg. Plantago monticola angusta Pilg. Plantago monticola humillima Pilg. Plantago monticola candida Pilg. Plantago monticola macrocephala Wedd. Plantago sericea argyrophylla (Decne.) Rahn Plantago sericea congesta (Ruiz & Pav.) Wedd. Plantago vestita Roem. & Schult. Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru 82 VEN 83 BOL CLM PER sericea caulescens (S.Watson) Rahn, Bot. Tidsskr. 73: 111 (1978) Basionym: Plantago caulescens S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 141 (1883) ne. Mexico 79 MXE sericea huancayensis Rahn, ibid. Peru 83 PER sericea lanuginosa Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 202 (1874) Synonyms: Plantago compsophylla Pilg. Plantago extensa Pilg. Plantago fiebrigii Pilg. Plantago lorentzii Pilg. Plantago monticola crispula Pilg. Plantago monticola herrerae Pilg. Plantago monticola majuscula Pilg. Plantago monticola maxima Pilg. Plantago tarattothrix Pilg. Plantago tarijensis Pilg. Bolivia, Peru, nw. Argentina 83 BOL PER 85 AGW sericea nubigena (Kunth) Rahn, ibid. Basionym: Plantago nubigena Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 228 (1817) Synonyms: Plantago multiceps Kunth Colombia, Ecuador 83 CLM ECU sericea perreymondii (Barnéoud) Rahn, ibid. Basionym: Plantago perreymondii Barnéoud, Monog. Plantag. 46 (1845) Synonyms: Plantago perreymondii induta Pilg. Venezuela, Colombia 82 VEN 83 CLM sericea polyclada (Pilg.) Rahn, ibid. Basionym: Plantago polyclada Pilg., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37(5): 643 (1906) Bolivia, Peru 83 BOL PER