Common name
English: Buckhorn Plantain
German: Krähenfuss-Wegerich
Portuguese: Diabelha
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Plantaginales (10)
Family: Plantaginaceae (14)(family description)
Genus: Plantago (6)
Epithet: coronopus L. (1)
Synonyms: Arnoglossum subulatum Gray, Asterogeum laciniatum Gray, Coronopus vulgaris Fourr., Plantago aschersonii Bolle, Plantago ceratophylla Hoffmanns. & Link, Plantago columnae Gouan, Plantago cornuti Jacq., Plantago coronopifolia Honck., Plantago coronopoda St.-Lag., Plantago coronopus (Hoffmanns. & Link) Franco, Plantago erubescens Shuttlew., Plantago jacquini Roem. & Schult., Plantago laciniata (Gray) Willk., Plantago lacustris Cresp., Plantago macrorhiza Pilg., Plantago majoricensis Willk., Plantago neglecta Guss., Plantago panormitana H.Lindb., Plantago parishii J.F.Macbr., Plantago prionota Pomel, Plantago pseudo-ceratophylla H.Lindb., Plantago sabrinae Druce, Plantago stellaris Salisb., Plantago tenuis Hoffmanns. & Link
coronopifolia => with leaves like those of Coronopus
coronopus => like Coronopus, Swine-cress
erubescens => blushing (reddening)
laciniata => shredded or torn
lacustris => of lakes or ponds
macrorhiza => large rooted
neglecta => unobserved, insignificant
parishii => in honor of Samuel Bonsall Parish (1838-1928), a botanist and avid collector of southern California plants.
vulgaris => common, everyday
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, white
External links
Check for Plantago coronopus at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [20] Image of Plantago coronopus - Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen
- [638] Plantago coronopus - Plants For A Future database