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Plantago paradoxa (Plantaginaceae) 3:564
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| Plantago
paradoxa is a widespread and quite common native species of
alpine and subalpine areas of eastern and central Tasmania. It has
no taproot, but has numerous spreading lateral roots. The leaves are
held flat to the ground in a rosette, and are 1.5-5 cm long. A very
distinctive feature is that the leaves
usually have irregular ridges running across the leaf, often with
irregular tufts of hairs. The flower spikes have
only 1-6 flowers (usually 2-4) and are hidden among the leaves. At
fruiting stage some of the stalks elongate to be above the leaves.
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