Common name:
Broadleaf plantain
Family:
Scientific name:
Plantago major
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Disturbed ground, field margins, lawns, verges
Flowers:
In dense spikes, up to 12 cm long, occupying the upper half of the leafless stalk. Flowers, green in bud, have whitish green, four lobed corollas and pale pink anthers, ageing to yellow
Leaves:
Ovate, hairless, broad, up to 25 cm long, on furrowed stalks, of similar length (when mature). Leaf blades are crossed by prominent, parallel veins
Season:
June to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
