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.