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Greater Plantain, Plantago major, Cuach Phádraig
Photographs: Co. Cork

Greater Plantain
Plantago major
Cuach Phádraig
Family: Plantaginaceae

Flowering time: June-October. Perennial. Native.

The flower spike is usually slightly shorter than the stalk and the flowers have lilac anthers. Rosette of broad-oval, hairless leaves with 5-9 veins and broad-winged leaf stalk. Flowering stems to 40cm.

Can be abundant on waste ground, roadsides, arable land and in gardens

Similar: Hoary Plantain, P. media. Densely hairy grey-green leaves, the flowers with pink-purple stamens and whitish anthers. Rare, introduced.

Greater Plantain, Plantago major, Cuach Phádraig

Greater Plantain, Plantago major, Cuach Phádraig
Greater Plantain, Plantago major, Cuach Phádraig

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