Great Indian-plantain

(Arnoglossum muhlenbergii)

 

Color Photograph: © by and courtesy of Mark Mittelstadt, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Great Indian-plantain (Arnoglossum muhlenbergii)

Identification: Flowers small, unattractive, cream-white, and supported by stiff, slender bracts. Flowers arranged in a flat-topped cluster. Stem smooth, but without a white bloom. Lower leaves large, rounded, but without large lobes or teeth. Plant 3 to 6 feet in height.

Distribution: Most of eastern North America except for New England.

Habitat: Great Indian-plantain is found in dry woods.

Flowering period: July to September.

Great Indian-plantain (Arnoglossum muhlenbergii)

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Pale Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolia)

 

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