Plantago maritima Linnaeus var. juncoides (Lamarck) A. Gray. Common name: Seaside Plantain, Goose-tongue. Habitat: Salt marshes. Distribution: Var. juncoides apparently ranges from Greenland and ne. Canada south to e. VA. Reports of the species in MD are false.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Other varieties occur in nw. North America and n. Eurasia, the species as a whole is an interruptedly circumboreal plant of ocean shores, also disjunct inland in saline areas.
Synonymy ⓘ: = NY, Va; = Plantago maritima L. ssp. juncoides (Lam.) Hultén — C, NE; > Plantago juncoides Lam. var. decipiens (Barnéoud) Fernald — F; > Plantago juncoides Lam. var. glauca (Hornem.) Fernald — F; > Plantago juncoides Lam. var. laurentiana Fernald — F; < Plantago maritima L. — FNA17, G; > Plantago oliganthos Roem. & Schult. var. fallax Fernald — F; > Plantago oliganthos Roem. & Schult. var. oliganthos — F. Basionym: Plantago juncoides Lam. 1791
Links to other floras: < Plantago maritima - FNA17
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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