. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. PLANTAQINACEAE {PLANTAIN FAMILY) 391 COMMON, OR BROAD-LEAVED, PLANTAIN Plantago major, L. Other English names: Greater Plantain, Dooryard Plantain, Bird- seed Plantain, Waybread. Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: May to September. Seed-time: July to October. Range: Throughout North America except the extreme North. Habitat: Yards and lawns, roadsides, and waste places. A very
. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. PLANTAQINACEAE {PLANTAIN FAMILY) 391 COMMON, OR BROAD-LEAVED, PLANTAIN Plantago major, L. Other English names: Greater Plantain, Dooryard Plantain, Bird- seed Plantain, Waybread. Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: May to September. Seed-time: July to October. Range: Throughout North America except the extreme North. Habitat: Yards and lawns, roadsides, and waste places. A very persistent intruder in yards and lawns, no doubt because of the long vitality of its seeds. Leaves all basal, long ovate, entire, obtuse, rounded at base, with five to seven prominent length- wise veins that all draw together into a thick, channeled petiole; the outer row of the spreading tuft lies close to the ground, conserving moisture for the clustered, fibrous roots and choking out grass or other plant growth. Flowers on slender, cylindrical blunt spikes, three inches to a foot or more in length, densely crowded, the corollas four-lobed, with four stamens in- serted on the throat, and a single style which protrudes from the bud, its stigma withered before its own anthers are ripe, thus insuring cross-fertilization; calyx four-parted, persistent, subtended by a small bract; ovary two-celled. Capsule Fig. 272 - Broad-leaved Plantain .. jT , (Plantago major). Xi. a small urn or pyxis, the top separating transversely at about the middle; each contains five to sixteen seeds. When wet these seeds develop a coat of mucilage which helps in their distribution; they are a fre- quent impurity of other seeds, particularly of alsike clover. (Fig. 272.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Georgia, Ada E
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