Plantago debilis

Taprooted perennial or annual. Leaves rosetted, narrow-oblanceolate to obovate, mostly 3–15 cm long and 8–40 mm wide, acute to obtuse, pubescent, 3–5-veined, margins entire or toothed; petiole to c. 10 cm long. Spike cylindric, mostly 6–10 cm long at anthesis, elongating to 30 cm in fruit, rather loose at maturity; peduncles 5–40 cm long, pubescent; bracts ovate-elliptic, 1–1.5 mm long, obtuse, glabrous to pubescent. Sepals elliptic, usually 1.5–2 mm long, subequal; corolla-tube 1–2 mm long, lobes 0.7–1 mm long, spreading or reflexed; anthers 0.5–0.8 mm long, exserted. Capsule ovoid to subglobose, 1.7–3 mm long, style-base persistent; seeds 1–5, yellow to brown, lower 4 seeds elliptic, c. 1 mm long, apical seed smaller, irregular. Flowers mainly Sep.–Mar.