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Plantago erecta is a small, unassuming annual herb with needle-like leaves and translucent flowers clustered on a stalk. It grows in sandy, clay, or serpentine soils, on grassy slopes and flats or open woodland, from California to Oregon. It is known variously as California Plantain, Foothill Plantain, Dot-seed Plantain, English Plantain, and Dwarf Plantain. P. erecta is a primary host plant for the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly.
Annual herb
2 - 10 in Tall
Upright
Fast, Moderate
Brown, White
Spring
Containers
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Very Low
Fast, Medium, Slow
Adaptable.
Sandy, clay, or, grassy slopes and flats
Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland
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Likely
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Confirmed
Adela trigrapha
Big-cheeked Mason Bee
Ashmeadiella bucconis
Bombus californicus
Yellow Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus
Blueberries
Vaccinium