Taxon:  Plantago patagonica Jacq.



Summary
Genus:
Plantago
Subgenus:
Psyllium
Section:
Gnaphaloides
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Tribe:
Plantagineae
Nomen number:
28791
Place of publication:
Icon. pl. rar. 2:9, t. 306.  1795 ("1786-1793"); Collectanea 5:35.  1797 ("1796")
Verified:
05/13/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
73 (71  active, 62  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Plantago lagopus Pursh
Plantago purshii Roem. & Schult.

Images (3 total. Click on image for more.)
Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  2. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 230-231.
  3. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
  4. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  5. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
  6. Hunziker, A. T., dir. 1994-. Flora fanerogámica Argentina.
  7. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  8. Rahn, K. 1979. Plantago ser. Gnaphaloides Rahn: a taxonomic revision. Bot. Tidsskr. 73:147-150.
  9. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  10. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
  11. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
English (Canada)woolly plantain Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 230-231.
French (Canada)plantain de Patagonie Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 230-231.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja California (Norte) Rahn, K. 1979. Plantago ser. Gnaphaloides Rahn: a taxonomic revision. Bot. Tidsskr. 73:147-150.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora Rahn, K. 1979. Plantago ser. Gnaphaloides Rahn: a taxonomic revision. Bot. Tidsskr. 73:147-150.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona Rahn, K. 1979. Plantago ser. Gnaphaloides Rahn: a taxonomic revision. Bot. Tidsskr. 73:147-150.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlbertas.Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaManitobas.Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewans.Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaBuenos Aires Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChubut Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCórdoba Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaLa Pampa Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaMendoza Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaNeuquén Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaRío Negro Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSan Luis Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSanta Cruz Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  Rahn, K. 1979. Plantago ser. Gnaphaloides Rahn: a taxonomic revision. Bot. Tidsskr. 73:147-150.
Native
Northern America
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta (s.), Manitoba (s.), British Columbia]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California (Norte), Sonora]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Buenos Aires, Chubut, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis, Santa Cruz], Chile

Reference(s)
  1. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  2. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  3. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
  4. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  5. Rahn, K. 1979. Plantago ser. Gnaphaloides Rahn: a taxonomic revision. Bot. Tidsskr. 73:147-150.
  6. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  7. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
  8. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=28791. Accessed 12 May 2026.