Contains 19 genera and 58 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
PLANTAGINACEAE
Dicot
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Classification
LAMIALES
PLANTAGINACEAE
Genera
Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
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Angelonia | ANGELON | 1 | ||
Bacopa | WATERHYSSOP | 4 | ||
Callitriche | WATERSTARWORT | 3 | ||
Gratiola | HEDGEHYSSOP | 6 | ||
Kickxia | CANCERWORT | 1 | ||
Leucospora | PALESEED | 1 | ||
Limnophila | MARSHWEED | 3 | ||
Linaria | TOADFLAX | 4 | ||
Maurandya | MAURANDYA | 2 | ||
Mecardonia | MECARDONIA | 4 | ||
Misopates | MISOPATES | 1 | ||
Penstemon | BEARDTONGUE | 3 | ||
Plantago | PLANTAIN | 10 | ||
Russelia | RUSSELIA | 1 | ||
Scoparia | LICORICEWEED | 2 | ||
Sophronanthe | 2 | |||
Stemodia | TWINTIP | 1 | ||
Veronica | SPEEDWELL | 8 | ||
Veronicastrum | VERONICASTRUM | 1 |
Identification Key
1. Perianth absent
1. Perianth present
2
2. Leaves all basal
2. Leaves basal and cauline, or all cauline
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3. Corolla spurred (sometimes subtle)
4
3. Corolla not spurred
5
4. Leaves broadly ovate; corolla yellow and purple
4. Leaves generally linear; corolla pink, blue, to violet
5. Leaves (at least some) whorled
6
5. Leaves opposite, subopposite, to alternate
9
6. Leaves scale-like, highly reduced relative to the size of the plant
6. Leaves not scale-like, not highly reduced
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7. Flowers in elongate spikes
7. Flowers axillary
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8. Proximally the leaves dissected, usually submerged, or if not then the pedicel longer than the flower
8. Leaves never dissected, pedicel shorter than the flower
9. Vines
9. Herbs
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10. Pedicel with 2 foliaceous bracts at its base
10. Pedicel with 1 bract at its base and 1 distal just below sepals
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11. Annuals, emergent aquatics, or prostrate to decumbent herbs
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11. Stiffly ascending to erect perennials
15
12. Fruit compressed, the apex notched or with a sinus
12. Fruit globose to cylindric, the apex tapering
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13. Leaves pinnatifid
13. Leaves entire to toothed
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14. Sepals unequal, distinctly dissimilar
14. Sepals subequal and similar
15. Caulines leave alternate distally, opposite proximally
15. Cauline leaves opposite
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16. Stamens 2
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16. Stamens 4
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17. Leaves not papillose, not revolue; flowers pedicellate
17. Leaves papillose, margin revolute often; flowers sessile or subsessile
18. Plant somewhat subscapose, the basal leaves often rosette-forming, basal and proximal-most leaves typically petiolate with somewhat elliptic or obovate blades, the cauline or distal leaves epetiolate and somewhat elongate or linear, internodes rather elongate
18. Plant not scapose, the leaves all generally similar, not rosette-forming, internodes not particularly elongate
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19. Corolla 10-20 mm long
19. Corolla 2-5 mm long