Plantago maritima Linnaeus var. juncoides (Lamarck) A. Gray. Seaside Plantain, Goose-tongue. Hab: Salt marshes. Dist: 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: = K1, K3, 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
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