Plantago hedleyi is a flowering plant in the plantain family. The specific epithet honours Australian naturalist and conchologist Charles Hedley, who helped collect the species in 1893.[1]
It is a perennial herb. The narrowly oblanceolate-elliptic leaves are 7–20 cm long and 1.5–4 cm wide. The scape is 7–25 cm tall. The inflorescence is cylindrical and 2–10 cm long.[1]
The species is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It occurs in rocky sites on the upper slopes and summits of Mounts Lidgbird and Gower at the southern end of the island.[1]
Plantago hedleyi is a flowering plant in the plantain family. The specific epithet honours Australian naturalist and conchologist Charles Hedley, who helped collect the species in 1893.
