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Ribwort Photo by http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribwort_600.jpg Plantago lanceolata Common Name: Ribwort Plantain. Family: Plantaginaceae. Habitats: Grassland, roadsides etc, a common weed of lawns and cultivated ground, on neutral and basic soils. Range: Europe, including Britain, from Iceland south and east to Spain, northern and central Asia. Physical Characteristics Plantago lanceolata is a PERENNIAL growing to . . . → Read More: Ribwort Description: English plantain (Plantago lanceolata) This adventive perennial plant consists of a rosette of basal leaves and one or more flowering stalks. The basal leaves are up to 12″ long and 1″ across, but more commonly about half this size. They are [Flowering Spikes] broadly linear and smooth along the margins, being broadest . . . → Read More: English plantain (Plantago lanceolata) Plant Description: Buckhorn plantain (Plantago lanceolata) Weed. Buckhorn plantain is a low growing, rosette-forming perennial. Distinctive characteristics include long, narrow leaves that have prominent parallel veins and inconspicuous flowers in dense clusters located at the end of erect, leafless flowering stems. Surrounding each flower cluster is what appears to be a ring or . . . → Read More: Buckhorn plantain (Plantago lanceolata) Plantain plant Scientific name
Plantago lanceolata Strengths Fast establishing. Tolerant of drought and low fertility. Excellent feeding value including summer. Limitations Susceptible to broad leaf herbicides. Slow growth in winter. Plant description Plant: Erect, leafy, perennial herb with a deep, dense, branching fibrous root system. Leaves: Rosette of broad . . . → Read More: Plantain |
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