Scientific Name: Plantago glacialis

Common Name: small star plantain

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Plantaginaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Stout, perennial, mat-forming herb, with flat, thick, lance-shaped leaves and golden-brown hairs in the leaf axils.

Flowers: 1-4 greenish flowers in a flower head at the end of the stems.

Fruit: Capsule

Municipality
Central HighlandsMeander ValleyWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Short alpine herbfields associated with snow patches, in the central and western mountains.

Propagation Calendar

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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.