| Scientific Name: | Plantago lanceolata |
| Common Name: | narrow-leaved plantain |
| Family Name: | Plantaginaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Herb |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Heavily veined, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spike, Green, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, lanceolate-oblanceolate 8-30cm long x 1-4cm wide, margin entire; spike 1.5-8cm long x 6-9mm wide, flowers tiny with 4 green petals and oversized yellowish stamens; capsules pale brown, papery,3-4mm long. | |