2a. ssp. fallax (Greene) R.J. Bayer & Stebbins
A.
plantaginifolia (L.)
Hook. var. ambigens (Greene) Cronquist
Stems usually
lacking purplish hairs. Basal leaves moderately to densely woolly or felty on
the upper surface, usually becoming less hairy at maturity. April–June.
Common nearly
throughout the state (eastern U.S.
west to North Dakota and Texas;
Canada).
Mesic to dry upland forests, upland prairies, savannas, and ledges and tops of
bluffs, less commonly glades, ditches, banks of streams and rivers, and margins
of ponds and lakes; also pastures, roadsides, and open, disturbed areas.
This appears to
be the somewhat less common phase of the species in Missouri, except in portions of western
Missouri.