BOTANICAL NOTE
Synanthropic locality of Plantago maritima (Plantaginaceae) on the A4 highway in
Gliwice (Silesia Province)
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Online publication date: 2020-12-30
Publication date: 2020-12-30
Fragm. Flor. et Geobot. Pol. 2020; XXVII(2): 709-714
ABSTRACT
Plantago maritima is a rare and endangered species in Poland. It grows mainly
in saline natural and semi-natural communities along the Baltic Sea coast. There are 50 known localities of
the species in this area, located in 30 units of the ATPOL cartogram. Until now, one synanthropic locality
situated on roadside in the Jasło-Sanok Basin was known. A new synanthropic locality of P. maritima
was found in 2014 on the A4 motorway next to the Żernica Toll Point in the southern part of Gliwice
(18°40′43,7″E, 50°15′32,1″N; ATPOL DF 40) (Fig. 1). At least several dozen individuals were observed
in the center strip, together with Spergularia marina and Plantago coronopus. The presence of single cilia
on the edge of the corolla patches suggests that the taxon represents P. maritima subsp. ciliata. It occurs
in the Czech Republic, where it spreads along motorways.