| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Plantago crassifolia Forssk. trib. Plantaginae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 31 (1775) |
| Native Range | Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-900m |
| Description | leaves in rosettes, linear, carnose, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, scapes 7-10cm, erect, spikes 2-4cm, narrowly cylindrical, bracts ovate, erect, convex, hard |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Plantaginella crassifolia (Forssk.) Fourr. Plantago crassifolia var. compacta Willk. Plantago maritima ssp. crassifolia (Forssk.) Holmboe Plantago maritima var. crassifolia (Forssk.) Batt. Plantago falcifolia Salisb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |