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§1 Plant

Plantago patagonica Jacq.

vernacular woolly plantain — species · Plantaginaceae

USDA
PLPA2
GBIF
3189704
Rank
species
woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica)
Platephotograph · Lee Regan source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Plantaginaceae Juss.
Genus
Plantago
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 630 counties across 27 states/territories
Legend Native · 630 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Low
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
52 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
8–16 in/yr
pH range
6.4–9
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Mature height
0.5 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Gray-Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Spring
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
600,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 630 counties across 27 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 32 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 24 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 103 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 44 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 68 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 26 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 42 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 34 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 78 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 40 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PLPA2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3189704 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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