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IN Britain, Plantago lanceolata is regarded as windpollinated1 and is figured by McLean and Ivimey-Cook2 as a typical example of a long-filament-type wind-pollinated species. It was therefore of interest to observe that around Brisbane this long-filament form is regularly worked for pollen by the honey bee wherever a dozen or so spikes are flowering within a few feet of each other.
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CLIFFORD, H. Insect Pollination of Plantago lanceolata L.. Nature 193, 196 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193196a0
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