Largebracted Plantain

Plantago aristata Michaux

Plantago aristata Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. 1:95, 1803.

SPECIMEN SEEN.—Hawaii I.: Kapapala, rare in pasture, dry locality, 5000 ft [1500 m] 19 June 1941, Hosaka 2595 (BISH).

Plants very large for this species, up to 35 cm tall, leaves erect, linear, spikes to 9 cm long, on peduncles to 20 cm long. These plants are more caulescent than is usual in the eastern U.S., where the species is usually acaulescent. Here they have above-ground stems several centimeters long.