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Taxon:  Plantago depressa Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Plantago
Subgenus:
Plantago
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Tribe:
Plantagineae
Nomen number:
408595
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. suppl. 8. 1813
Comment:
publication of Willdenow's Enum. pl. suppl. was before 1 Jan 1814 fide Hodvina, Hess. Florist. Briefe 57(3/4): 47-49. 2009
Verified:
05/02/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Plantago tibetica Hook. f. & Thomson
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. 1984
  4. Grubov, V. I. Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia. 2001
  5. Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Medicinal plants in China: a selection of 150 commonly used species. WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series no. 2. 1989
  6. Keys, J. D. Chinese herbs: their botany, chemistry, and pharmacodynamics. 1976
  7. Kitagawa, M. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. 1979
  8. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  9. Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. 1997
  10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  11. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  12. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  13. National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical & Biological Products. Colour atlas of Chinese traditional drugs, Vol 1. 1987
  14. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  15. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  16. Yen, Kun-Ying. Illustrated Chinese materia medica: crude drugs. 1980
Common names
English
depressed plantain –
Transcribed Chinese
che qian cao –
ping che qian –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationKhabarovsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationSakhalin 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAltay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationBuryatia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationChita 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationGorno-Altay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationIrkutsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKemerovo 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKhakassia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKrasnoyarsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationNovosibirsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationOmsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTomsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTuva 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTyumen 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Khabarovsk, Primorye, Amur, Sakhalin]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tuva, Tyumen]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir], Pakistan
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=408595. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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