Plantago lanceolata - Flora of Qatar

Arnoglossum lanceolatum, Lagopus lanceolatus, Lagopus timbali, Plantago abyssinica, Plantago altissima, Plantago ambigua, Plantago argentea, Plantago attenuata, Plantago azorica, Plantago byzantina, Plantago capensis, Plantago capitata, Plantago contorta, Plantago dalmatica, Plantago decumbens, Plantago dubia, Plantago elata, Plantago eriophora, Plantago flexuosa, Plantago gerardi, Plantago glabriflora, Plantago glareosa, Plantago hirsuta, Plantago hungarica, Plantago intermedia, Plantago irrigua, Plantago kurdica, Plantago lanata, Plantago lanceiifolia, Plantago lanuginosa, Plantago linkii, Plantago longiscapa, Plantago longistipes, Plantago mediterranea, Plantago microcephala, Plantago minor, Plantago nigricans, Plantago nutans, Plantago preslii, Plantago pseudo-patagonica, Plantago schottii, Plantago sylvatica, Plantago timbali, Plantago tomentosa, Plantago trinervis, Plantago variabilis

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Plantago lanceolata is a species of genus Plantago known by the common names English plantain, narrowleaf plantain, ribwort plantain, ribleaf, buckhorn plantain, buckhorn, and lamb's tongue. It is a common weed of cultivated land.[+]

The plant is a rosette-forming perennial herb, with leafless, silky, hairy flower stems (10–40 cm or 3.9–15.7 in). The basal leaves are lanceolate spreading or erect, scarcely toothed with 3-5 strong parallel veins narrowed to short petiole. Grouping leaf stalk deeply furrowed, ending in an oblong inflorescence of many small flowers each with a pointed bract. Each flower can produce up to two seeds. Flowers 4 mm (calyx green, corolla brownish), 4 bent back lobes with brown midribs, long white stamens. Found in British Isles, scarce on acidic soils (pH < 4.5). It is considered an invasive weed in North America. It is present and widespread in the Americas and Australia as an introduced species.

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