| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Plantago barbata G.Forst. trib. Plantaginae |
| Bibliography | Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 9: 25 (1789) |
| Native Range | s. & w. Argentina to Chile |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 500-3600m |
| Description | leaves in rosettes, linear, 7-11mm long, thick, obscurely dentate, appressed yellow hirsute, flowers solitary, 3-5mm long, shortly pedicellate, inconspicuous |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 division in spring; cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Plantago andicola Decne. ex Barnéoud Plantago barbata var. eubarbata Pilg. Plantago barbata var. imberbis Hook.f. Plantago barbata f. minor Pilg. Plantago barbata var. pauciflora Pilg. Plantago barbata var. puberula Pilg. Plantago imberbis Hook.f. Plantago pachyrrhiza Phil. Plantago pauciflora Gay Plantago pauciflora var. major Barnéoud Plantago pauciflora var. taraxacoides Speg. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North, CLS Chile South) |