| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Plantago sericea Ruiz & Pav. trib. Plantaginae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Peruv. 1: 51 (1798) |
| Native Range | nw. Venezuela to nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Plantago argyrophylla Decne Plantago congesta Ruiz & Pav. Plantago dombeyi Pilg. Plantago hillii Pilg. Plantago lindeniana Decne. ex Wedd. Plantago macbridei Pilg. Plantago monticola ssp. angusta Pilg. Plantago monticola var. humillima Pilg. Plantago nubigena var. candida Pilg. Plantago nubigena var. macrocephala Wedd. Plantago sericea ssp. argyrophylla (Decne.) Rahn Plantago sericea var. congesta (Ruiz & Pav.) Wedd. Plantago vestita Roem. & Schult. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, PER Peru) |