Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata, Slánus
Photographs: Co. Cork

Ribwort Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Slánus
Family: Plantaginaceae

Flowering time: April-October. Perennial. Native.

The flower spike is usually sshorter than the furrowed stem, the flowers with pale yellowish-white anthers. Flower stems covered with silky hairs grow from a basal rosette of linear to oval-lanceolate leaves that are spreading to more/less erect. Height: Stems to 50 cm.

Abundant on roadsides, gardens, grassland and waste ground.

Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata, Slánus

Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata, Slánus
Ribwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata, Slánus

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