Common Name

Small Sago Weed

Family

Plantaginaceae

Notes

Annual forb to 20cm tall. Leaves clustered at the base of the plant, 2-10cm long, 4-25mm wide, flat, hairy, toothed. Flowers tubular, with 4 white 'petals', in cylindrical greenish or straw-coloured spikes on stalks arising from the base of the plant.

Differs from Plantago cunninghamii, Plantago drummondii, and Plantago varia in that the 'seeds' are about 3 mm long, and are pear shaped, the beak being flat -topped. Needs at least a hand lens to see.

Short description and photo (pages 618-619) and line drawing of 'seed' (Fig. 62a) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Plantago~turrifera