Scientific Name: Plantago gaudichaudii

Common Name: narrow plantain

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Plantaginaceae

Form Description: Erect perennial plant with soft narrow linear leaves, and fine brown hairs on the leaf bases.

Flowers: Tiny brown flowers in dense, compact spikes up to 10cm long.

Fruit: Capsule – opens by a lid.

Municipality
Clarence
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Known from one grassy dry sclerophyll forest site, at Rosny Point in the south-east.

Propagation Calendar

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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Surface Sow Sow seed finely on the surface of the potting mix and cover with just enough mix to hold the seed on the surface when watered.

Seed Treatment Notes

Surface sow as light may increase germination. May have an after-ripening period. May be successful in direct seeding.

Germination Time

7-14 days