| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Plantago grandiflora Meyen trib. Plantaginae |
| Bibliography | Observ. Bot. 1: 348 (1834) |
| Native Range | w. Argentina to c. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1300-2800m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves linear, attenuate, obtuse, sericeous-pubescent, sheats at base shortly hirsute, scapes sericeous, spike 2cm, spherical, corolla lobes 5mm, elliptic |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| 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 division in spring; cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Plantago frigida Kunze ex Walp. Plantago grandiflora var. hirsuta Pilg. Plantago macrantha Decne. ex Barnéoud Plantago macrantha var. argentea Phil. Plantago macrantha var. hirsuta Phil. Plantago macrantha var. nitidifolia Barnéoud Plantago platypetala Wallr. ex Walp. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |