Plantago debilis R.Br. APNI* 
Description: Perennial or annual herb, with a persistent taproot; pilose.
Leaves basal, narrow-oblanceolate to obovate, mostly 3–15 cm long, 8–40 mm wide, 3–5-veined, margins toothed or almost entire, with short pale-brown hairs in the leaf axil.
Scapes mostly 10–20 cm long; spike 4–10 cm long in flower but to 30 c. in fruit; bracts ovate to elliptic, 1–1.5 mm long. Sepals elliptic, 1.5–2.2 mm long or rarely more, glabrous or pilose on the narrow keel. Corolla lobes elliptic to circular, 0.8–1 mm long.
Capsule ovoid to subglobose, 1.7–3 mm long; seeds up to 5.
Flowering: all year.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows mostly in moist forest on basaltic- and metamorphic-derived soils; widespread, from coastal districts to inland areas.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by B. G. Briggs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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