Plantago palmata Hook. f.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Serena Mountain Lodge, Mount Kenya

Photo: Bart Wursten
Edge of hotel carpark, Serena Mountain Lodge, Mt Kenya

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Serena Mountain Lodge, Mount Kenya

Photo: Bart Wursten
Edge of hotel carpark, Serena Mountain Lodge, Mt Kenya

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gahinga trail, Volcanoes National Park, Burera

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rusizi

Synonyms:	Plantago kerstenii Asch.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb growing up to 40 cm tall growing from a short with numerous whitish roots. Leaves in a basal rosette, ovate to almost circular in outline with 7-9 lobe-like triangular teeth; long petiolate. Inflorescence a dense spike up to 17 cm long on a peduncle 5 - 30 cm long but often much smaller.
Type location:	Bioko
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Derivation of specific name:	palmata: palmate, like a hand, referring to the lobed leaves.
Habitat:	In disturbed places, along roadsides, in clearings of sub-montane forest, grassland or as a weed of plantations and gardens.
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Worldwide distribution:	From Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon to Ethiopia and Kenya, south to Zimbabwe.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Agnew, A.D.Q. (2013). Upland Kenya Wild Flowers and Ferns Nature Kenya - The East Africa Natural History Society Page 275. (Includes a picture). Lehmann, G. (1988). Plantaginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 9 - 11. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 67.

Flora of the DRC: Plantago palmata
Flora of Rwanda: Plantago palmata
Flora of Zimbabwe: Plantago palmata

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