broadleaf plantain
Plantago major L.
Description from Invasive.org
- Appearance
- Plantago major is a perennial from a basal rosette with broad oval leaves.
- Foliage
- Smooth or slightly hairy, oval to elliptic, with a waxy surface and veins that are parallel to the margins. Margins are un-toothed and sometimes wavy.
- Flowers
- Flowers produced on unbranched stalks that arise from the rosette. Flowering stems are 5-15 in. (12.7-38.1 cm) long, clustered with small flowers that have whitish petals and bracts surrounding the flowers.
- Fruit
- A 2-celled oval capsule, 0.12-0.2 in. (3-5 mm) long, that opens by a lid around the middle.
- Ecological Threat
- Plantago major can be found throughout the United States, primarily a weed of turfgrass. It is native to Eurasia.
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Plant(s) July. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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Seed(s) Lateral view of three seeds. Ventral side facing right. Note variation in compression.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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