Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands
Wooly Indian wheat
Azee’haatł’inii
Wooly Indian wheat is the only member of this family which is found away from disturbed areas and in the wilderness. It is fuzzy and gray in appearance, as opposed to the bright green appearance of Plantago major and Plantago lanceolata, both of which require considerably more water to survive. Plantago patagonica can achieve the same size as the other two species, but more commonly it is quite a bit smaller.
*Description courtesy of Western New Mexico University's Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness.
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