Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Sea Plantain, Plantago maritima, Slánlus mara
Photographs: Glengarriff, Co. Cork

Sea Plantain
Plantago maritima
Slánlus mara
Family: Plantaginaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native.

Erect spikes of flowers with yellow anthers on rounded flower stalks that are longer than the leaves (to 30cm). Capsules with 2 dark-brown seeds. The narrow fleshy leaves grow from a woody base and are linear with 3-5 veins and untoothed (to 20cm). Usually many leaf rosettes are present.

Frequent on Irish coasts and coastal salt-marshes. Also found inland in western Ireland on mountains and at lake edges.

Similar: Sea Arrowgrass, Triglochin maritima

Sea Plantain, Plantago maritima, Slánlus mara

Sea Plantain, Plantago maritima, Slánlus mara
Sea Plantain, Plantago maritima, Slánlus mara

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