Photographer: Elizabeth Parnis
Plantago major L.
broad-leaved plantain, common plantain, plantain
Plantago: from Latin planta meaning "foot print"
major: larger, greater (see minor)
|Status: ||Introduced - naturalized|
|Plant: ||erect, perennial, 6"-12" tall forb; fibrous roots|
|Flower: ||white to green, 4-parted, 1/16" long; leaf-like, smooth, widely oval bracts below the flowers, 4 protruding stamens; inflorescence a 2"-12", dense, narrow, blunt spike less than 1/3" thick; blooms June-Aug.|
|Leaf:||3-veined, widely elliptical to oval, stalk base green|
|Habitat: ||disturbed areas, lawns|