Plantago myosuros subsp. myosuros Lam. APNI* 
Description: Annual herb, with a persistent taproot; pilose.
Leaves basal, lamina elliptic to oblanceolate, mostly 3–10 cm long and 2–20 mm wide, 3-veined, margins toothed.
Scapes mostly 5–20 cm high; spike cylindrical, mostly 10–25 cm long, compact; bracts lanceolate to narrow-triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm long. Sepals ovate to elliptic c. 2 mm long, pilose to hirsute; keel narrow. Corolla lobes lanceolate, 1.6–3.3 mm long.
Capsule ovoid, c. 2.5 mm long; seeds 3.
Flowering: October–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in eucalypt forest, woodland and grassland; coastal districts, chiefly from Jervis Bay to the Hunter Valley. Native of South America, Ecuador to Argentina.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NWS
Other Australian states: *Qld
| The single subspecies in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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