Plantago: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	plantain

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Ribwort plantain

Flowering Plantago lanceolata plants with tall, narrow flower spikes and slender leaves, set against a blurred green background.

Close-up of a Greater Plantain (Plantago major) plant with broad, oval green leaves and several slender flower spikes, growing in soil with some fallen leaves.

A cluster of shiny, oval-shaped brown seeds from the herb Plantago ovata, also known as psyllium or blond plantain, on a white background.

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