Common Name:
broadleaf
plantain
Common Name Synonyms:
common plantain, dooryard plantain, whiteman's footprint
Scientific Name:
Plantago major
Family Name:
Plantaginaceae
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Plantain Family
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seeds
Stems
reproductive scapes, upright, leafless
Leaves
ovate to elliptic, veins parallel and conspicuous below, wavy margins, long petioles with edges curve upward; basal rosette somewhat upright
Flowers
4-petaled, greenish white, very small, stamens long; terminal heads cylindrical, elongated, narrow
Seedpods
dehiscing around middle, circumscissile, many-seeded