Family Index

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Scientific Name

Plantago glacialis

Family Name

PLANTAGINACEAE

Common Name

Small Star Plantain

Status

Rare

Height

Flowers

1-4 greenish flowers in a flowerhead at the end of the stems.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

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

Municipalities

Central Highlands; Meander Valley; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Short alpine herbfields asoociated with snow patches, in the Central and Western mountains.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed. Surface sow as light may increase germination. May be successful in direct seeding. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Surface sow

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes