Plantaginaceae The Plantain or Snapdragon Family Vegetative Features
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Plantaginaceae The Plantain (or Snapdragon) Family
Vegetative Features - Herbs with round stems - leaves alternate or opposite
Preliminary Plant Collection Review • Nomenclature needs to be current. Check every authority name in Go Botany. • Label must give state, county, and town. • Each specimen must include underground parts and flowers, fruits, or sporangia. • Remember to include the AUTHORITY (Go Botany) collection number after the binomial name • Collecting in UVM Natural Areas – including Centennial Woods – is not allowed.
Reproductive Features Flowers 4 - or 5 -partate, usually zygomorphic, often bilabiate (twolipped)
Androecium commonly of 4 didynamous stamens fused to the corolla. (Two stamens in the genus Veronica, the speedwells. )
In many genera and species, a fifth stamen is present, modified as a staminode.
• Ovary superior, of two fused carpels • Style terminal • Fruit a many-seeded capsule
Three Families Compared Lamiaceae Boraginaceae Plantaginaceae Leaf Position Opposite Alternate Opposite or Alternate Stem shape, x. s. Often square Round Corolla symmetry Bilateral Radial or bilateral Usually bilateral Stamen number Usually 4 5 Usually 4 Style Position Gynobasic Terminal Fruit Type 4 nutlets capsule gynobasic style
Economic Importance: Digitalis (foxglove) is the source of digitalin, a cardiac glycoside used in the treatment of heart disease. Also numerous ornamentals, e. g. , foxglove, snapdragon
Local Flora Chelone glabra turtlehead Veronica americana American brooklime
Nuttallanthus canadensis Canada toadflax Plantago major Plantain
Orobanchaceae Plants with similar flower structure that are hemi-parasitic (they do photosynthesis, but are also root parasites) have recently been placed in the family Orobanchaceae, along with fully parasitic plants such as beechdrops. Melampyrum lineare cow-wheat Pedicularis canadensis lousewort
Lamiales Former Scrophulariaceae Beechdrops family Mint family
Plantaginaceae Ca 4 -5 Coz 4 -5 A 2, 4 G 2
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