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'''Plantago virginica''', common name '''hoary plantain''' and '''Virginia plantain''', is a plant found in North America.<ref name="PLANTS">{{PLANTS |symbol=PLVI|taxon= Plantago virginica |access-date=27 March 2021 }}</ref> It is listed as a special concern in [[Connecticut]]. <ref>[http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"]. State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)</ref> The [[Kiowa]] use it to make garlands or wreaths for old men to wear around their heads during ceremonial dances as a symbol of health.<ref>Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 51</ref>
'''Plantago virginica''', common name '''hoary plantain''' and '''Virginia plantain''', is a plant found in North America.<ref name="PLANTS">{{PLANTS |symbol=PLVI|taxon= Plantago virginica |access-date=27 March 2021 }}</ref> It is listed as a special concern in [[Connecticut]]. <ref>[http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"]. State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)</ref> The [[Kiowa]] use it to make garlands or wreaths for old men to wear around their heads during ceremonial dances as a symbol of health.<ref>Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 51</ref>

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Revision as of 03:19, 31 March 2021

Plantago virginica
1913 illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Plantago
Species:
P. virginica
Binomial name
Plantago virginica

Plantago virginica, common name hoary plantain and Virginia plantain, is a plant found in North America.[1] It is listed as a special concern in Connecticut. [2] The Kiowa use it to make garlands or wreaths for old men to wear around their heads during ceremonial dances as a symbol of health.[3]

References

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Plantago virginica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 17 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  3. ^ Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 51