Common Name:
narrowleaf
plantain
Common Name Synonyms:
buckhorn, buckhorn plantain, English plantain, ribgrass, ribwort
Scientific Name:
Plantago lanceolata
Family Name:
Plantaginaceae
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Plantain Family
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and basal shoots
Stems
reproductive scapes, upright, leafless, ridged
Leaves
lanceolate to linear, veins parallel and conspicuous below, somewhat upright basal rosette
Flowers
4-petaled, greenish-white flowers, very small, long stamens, paper-like bracts; terminal heads cylindrical, dense, spirally arranged
Seedpods
dehiscing around middle, circumscissile, 2-seeded