- Family : PLANTAGINACEAE
(Plantago Or Plantain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : LAHURIYA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
- Synonym(s) : Plantago albicans Roem. & Schult.; Plantago argentea Desf.; Plantago brunnea E.Morris; Plantago declinata Roem. & Schult.; Plantago decumbens Forssk.; Plantago decumbens var. viridis Barnéoud; Plantago fastigiata E.Morris; Plantago fastigiata var. brunnea (E.Morris) Pilg.; Plantago gooddingii A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.; Plantago insularis Eastw.; Plantago insularis var. fastigiata (E.Morris) Jeps.; Plantago insularis var. scariosa (E.Morris) Jeps.; Plantago insularis var. typica Poe; Plantago ispaghul Roxb.; Plantago leiocephala Wallr. ex K.Koch
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Plantago ovata Forssk.
- Common name : Psyllium
- Vernacular name :
- Isubgole (Hindi)
- Isapgola vitulu (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : moist, shady places
- Comments / notes : Cultivated
- Key identification features : Annual herbs; stems very short, sparsely to densely hairy; Leaves narrowly linear, long acuminate at apex, 3-nerved; Flowers in short, ovoid or cylindric spikes, white; Capsules 1-2-seeded.
- Flower, Fruit : May- September
- Distribution :
- Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Afghanistan, Algeria, Arizona, California, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico, Morocco, Nevada, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sin
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Baluchistan, Spain, Canaries
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 299
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Plantago ovata. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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