Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia

Broad-Leaved Plantain
(Plantago major)


  • perennial with a short tough rootstock; leaves all basal, oval to elliptic, dark green with 3 to 7 strong veins; inconspicuous flowers borne in a narrow elongated spike on leafless stems
  • narrow-leaved plantain (Plantago lanceolata) has long, narrow leaves and shorter flower spikes
Narrow-leaved plantain
Flower spike of narrow-leaved plantain

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