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Plantago arachnoidea Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. trib. Plantaginae 
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FamilyPLANTAGINACEAE
Genus speciesPlantago arachnoidea Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. trib. Plantaginae
BibliographyEnum. Pl. Nov. 1: 16 (1841)
Native RangeCentral Asia to Xinjiang
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionleaves narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, acute, gradually tapered to petiole, entire or dentate, arachnose-lanate, spike 1-5cm long, compact, bracts ovate
Size3-15cm
Color
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
division in spring; cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsPlantago arachnoidea var. lorata J.Z.Liu
Plantago lorata (J.Z.Liu) Shipunov
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     36 China (CHX Xinjiang)
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