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Plantago subnuda is a species of plantain known by the common name tall coastal plantain. It is native to western North America from the west coast of the United States to west-central Mexico, where it grows in wet and moist habitat types, often in coastal areas, such as marshland. It is a perennial herb producing few oval leaves around a thick caudex. The broad smooth-edged or slightly toothed leaves may be up to 40 centimeters long. The stemlike flower clusters grow erect to a maximum height near half a meter. Atop the peduncle of the flower cluster is a dense cylindrical spike of many tiny flowers. Each flower has a corolla of ephemeral petals about 3 millimeters long.
Perennial herb
2 ft Tall
Brown
Spring, Summer
Deer resistant
Full Sun
Low, Moderate, High
Fast, Medium, Slow
Adaptable.
Bluffs and wet places
Closed-cone Pine Forest, Coastal Prairie, Coastal Sage Scrub, Coastal Salt Marsh, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 27 likely