Plantago erecta, in the plantain family, is known variously as California plantain, foothill plantain, dot-seed plantain, English plantain, and dwarf plantain.

Plantago erecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Plantago
Species:	P. erecta
Binomial name
Plantago erecta E.Morris

The plant is a small, unassuming annual herb with needle-like leaves and translucent flowers clustered on a stalk. It grows in sandy, clay, or serpentine soils, on grassy slopes and flats or open woodland, found in Baja California, California and Oregon.[1]

Plantago erecta is a host species for the Edith's checkerspot butterfly.[2]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plantago erecta.

• Jepson Manual treatment: Plantago erecta — Jepson Manual Online
• Calflora — Plantago erecta

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