车前(原亚种) che qian (yuan ya zhong)

Plantago asiatica var. brevior Pilger; P. asiatica var. densiuscula Pilger; P. asiatica var. laxa Pilger; P. asiatica var. lobulata Pilger; P. formosana Tateishi & Masamune; P. hostifolia Nakai & Kitagawa; P. major Linnaeus var. asiatica (Linnaeus) Decaisne; P. major var. folioscopa T. Ito.

Leaf blade veins 5 or 7. Spikes loosely to densely flowered. Sepals 2-3 mm, keel not extending to apex, apex rounded to obtuse. Corolla lobes ca. 1.5 mm. Pyxis fusiform-ovoid to conic-ovoid, 3-4.5 mm, with 5 or 6(-12) seeds. Seeds (1.2-) 1.5-2 mm. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Jun-Sep. 2n = 12, 24, 36.

Mountain slopes, ravines, riverbanks, fields, roadsides, wastelands, lawns; near sea level to 3200 m. Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia].