plantago amplexicaulis

Plantago amplexicaulis is an annual plant of the family Plantaginaceae and the genus Plantago that grows in dry sand and deserts.Plantago amplexicaulis is a therophyte, a type of plant that survives as seed during unfavourable conditions. In the deserts where P. amplexicaulis lives, this results in the desert suddenly bursting into bloom after a rainstorm.

'Plantago amplexicaulis Cav. record n° 115140'. African plants database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin ...