Plantago reniformis, G. Beck

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14. P. reniformis G. Beck , Ann. Naturh. Mus. (Wien) 2: 149 (1887).

Perennial with usually one rosette. Leaves 5-17(-30) x 2-5-10 cm; lamina ovate-cordate or suborbicular and truncate at the base, irregularly undulate-crenate to dentate or almost digitate at the base, more or less crispate-hairy; petiole $-2 times as long as lamina. Scapes exceeding leaves, striate, subglabrous below, more or less densely appressed-hairy above; spikes 2-6 cm, dense, sometimes lax at base. Bracts 2-2-5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, usually pubescent. Sepals 2-2-5 mm, subequal, almost free, subglabrous, greenish-brown or purplish with wide scarious margins. Corolla-tube c. 2 mm, glabrous; lobes 1-1-5 mm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse. Stamens exserted 4-8 mm. Capsule c. 3 mm; seeds 2, c. 2 mm, oblong-ellipsoid, planoconvex. 2« = 12. Grassy places, 1500-2300 m. • S. W. Jugoslavia and N. Albania. Al Ju.