Tuberous Indian-plantain

(Arnoglossum plantagineum)

 

Color Photograph: Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, South National Technical Center.

Color Photograph: NRCS Plants Database, U.S. Department of Agriculture

 

Tuberous Indian-plantain (Arnoglossum plantagineum)

Identification: Flowers small, unattractive, cream-white, and supported by stiff, slender bracts. Flowers arranged in a flat-topped cluster. Lower leaves large, elongate, tapering to a long leaf petiole. Plant 2 to 6 feet in height.

Distribution: Southern Canada and southward throughout the central United States from Minnesota and Michigan to Texas and Alabama.

Habitat: Found in marshes and prairies.

Flowering period: June to August.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Tuberous Indian-plantain
(Arnoglossum plantagineum)

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The large, elongate lower leaves and the insignificant flowers will readily identify this plant species.

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