Flora of Victoria

Peduncles stout, mostly 1.3–2.3 mm diam., usually shorter than or equal to leaves; flowers appressed to axis and closely imbricate; bracts acute or obtuse, mostly shorter than or equal to sepals; keel of anterior sepals much broader than membranous margins. Flowers spring and summer.

*CVU, *GipP, *Gold, *GGr, *LoM, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *VVP, *Wim. Also naturalized WA, SA, Qld, ACT, NSW, Tas. Native to Europe and western Asia. Scattered mostly in drier inland parts of western Victoria, often in disturbed sites on sandy soils.

Source: Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Plantaginaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2017-12-13

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Asteranae

order Lamiales

family Plantaginaceae

genus Plantago

species Plantago coronopus L.

Higher taxa

subspecies Plantago coronopus subsp. commutata (Guss.) Pilg.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Plantago coronopus subsp. commutata in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Plantago coronopus subsp. commutata in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	naturalised
Murray Mallee	present	introduced
Wimmera	present	introduced
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	introduced
Otway Plain	present	introduced
Goldfields	present	introduced
Central Victorian Uplands	present	introduced
Greater Grampians	present	introduced
Northern Inland Slopes	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania