| Author | Decaisne | |
| Distribution | Found in the Coastal Plain (mostly southern), Sandhills, and southeastern Piedmont.
Native of southwestern U.S. and Mexico, the original boundaries now obscure. | |
| Abundance | Fairly common in the southern Coastal Plain, uncommon in the Sandhills and in the northern Coastal Plain, and rare in the Piedmont. | |
| Habitat | Dry to xeric sandy soil of roadsides, railroads, gravel driveways, fallow fields, granite flatrock (Anson Co.). | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting late April-July. | |
| Identification | Wright's Plantain has broadly linear and mostly erect-ascending leaves up to 9 inches long, and scapes up to 15 inches tall, although most plants are shorter. The inflorescence is pale grayish green and less than 4 inches long. P. patagonica has a similar gestalt, but its leaves are covered with white hairs. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | A synonym is P. hookeriana var. nuda.
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| State Rank | SE? * | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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