Scientific Name:
Plantago lanceolata
Pronunciation:
plan-TA-go lan-see-oh-LAY-tuh
Common Name:
narrow-leaved plantain
Family Name:
Plantaginaceae
Plant Type:
Herbaceous perennial, Weed (horticultural)
Key ID Features:
Leaves bright, deep parallel veins, lanceolate with smooth margins; inflorescence is a spike of green spikelets flush to the spike; fruit are insignificant pale brown papery capsules.
Habit:
Open, Spreading
Form:
Mounded, Round
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Europe, North America (Naturalized In BC)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Landscape Uses:
Herb
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Heavily veined, Parallel venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Colour in Fall:
Green
Shapes:
Lanceolate, Oblanceolate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Attenuate
Margins:
Entire
Additional Info:
(still a dicot with netted venation)
Inflorescence Type:
Spike
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
0
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Not showy, Green
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Fruit Type:
Capsule
Fruit Colour:
Green, Brown
Fruiting Time:
May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Additional Info:
Not showy, a pyxis (upper part falls off to release the seeds)
Bark or Stem Colour:
Organ Modifications:
Storage tap root
Propagation:
Seed
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
