| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Plantago compsophylla Pilg. trib. Plantaginae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 644 (1906) |
| Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves in dense rosettes, narrowly linear, densely sericeous-lanate, whitish, ca. 10cm long, scapes long lanate, inflorescence compact, broadly cylindrical |
| Size | 10-15mm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Plantago extensa Pilg. Plantago fiebrigii Pilg. Plantago lorentzii Pilg. Plantago monticola ssp. crispula Pilg. Plantago monticola ssp. herrerae Pilg. Plantago monticola var. majuscula Pilg. Plantago monticola var. maxima Pilg. Plantago sericea var. lanuginosa Griseb. Plantago tarattothrix Pilg. Plantago tarijensis Pilg. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |