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Plantago maritima

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Plantago maritima, commonly called sea plantain, seaside plantain or goose tongue, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. It is a herbaceous perennial forming a dense rosette of thick, fleshy, linear leaves 2 to 22 centimeters long and under 1 centimeter wide, usually with three to five veins, and bears small greenish brown flowers with brown stamens in compact spikes. It has a subcosmopolitan range across temperate and Arctic regions, native to most of Europe, northwest Africa, northern and central Asia, northern North America and southern South America, most often in strictly coastal habitats on sandy soils, though it also grows in alpine settings near mountain streams. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Marine 1

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 2

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Plantago maritima 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

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Source Plantago maritima (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Plantago maritima (Wikipedia)

Introduction
Plantago maritima, the sea plantain, seaside plantain or goose tongue, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae.
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Plantago maritima, the sea plantain, seaside plantain or goose tongue, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae.
Infobox: status
LC
In Biome: Alpine, Ecology and physiology
In some areas, it also occurs in alpine habitats, along mountain streams.
In Biome: River, Ecology and physiology
In some areas, it also occurs in alpine habitats, along mountain streams.

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2. Plants For A Future: Plantago maritima plant record

Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses

Quote, Medicinal Uses

Plantain seeds contain up to 30% mucilage which swells up in the gut, acting as a bulk laxative and soothing irritated membranes[238].

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3. Plantago maritima (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q21126 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Plantago maritima

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Lamiales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12396

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12396

"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Lamiales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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