Does the Greater Plantain weed have a strobilus?

Question

Plantago major (Greater Plantain) has that up-shooting spike structure where the seeds are held. Would you say this is a strobilus? I'm not sure if it is, thanks a lot for helping!

Answer 1

no, it is an unbranched stem called a scape...http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu8m_xJhInu...

Answer 2

Nope, it's a flower.

Only nonflowering plants have strobili, though plantago flowers do sort of resemble them.

If you're looking for examples of plants with strobili, try Equisetum (Horsetails).

Answer 3

NO.

Flowers produced on unbranched stalks (scapes) that arise from the rosette. Flowering stems are 5-15 inches long, clustered with small flowers that have whitish petals and bracts surrounding the flowers.

Scape = A leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground, as in the tulip.