Plantains
Plantain Family - Plantaginaceae
Greater Plantain Plantago majorNative throughout the temperate regions of the Old World. Leaves broadly rounded and all in a basal rosette. Flowers form long, wiry, 'rat's-tail' spikes. The subspecies intermedia occurs in wetland habitats, including the upper edges of saltmarshes and in coastal grazing marshes; it differs in being distinctly hairy on its leaves (especially the petioles) and having 3-5 (not 5-9) veins.
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Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus
Native throughout Europe and North Africa, eastward to western Asia. A plant of often slightly saline or dry, sandy habitats.
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Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Native throughout most of the temperate regions of the Old World. Leaves lance-shaped with strongly impressed parallel veins and all in a basal rosette. Flowers form long-oval heads with creamy anthers.
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Hare's-foot Plantain Plantago lagopus
Native throughout Europe and North Africa, eastward to western Asia.
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White Plantain Plantago albicans
Native from Macaronesia throughout the Mediterranean Region and eastwards to Iran and north-east Africa.
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Bellard's Plantain Plantago bellardii
Native throughout the Mediterranean region and the Middle East.
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Branched Plantain Plantago indica
(Plantago arenaria) Native throughout Europe and the Middle East to Central Asia. Frequent in dry places.
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Glandular Plantain Plantago afra
Native throughout the Mediterranean Region to western Asia and East Africa. Frequent in dry places.
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