| Scientific Name: | Plantago major |
| Common Name: | broad-leaved plantain |
| Family Name: | Plantaginaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Herb, Medicinal plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Heavily veined, Parallel venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Spike, Green, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Common weed 5-50(-70)cm tall; leaves basal, most broadly ovate to elliptic, 4-18cm long x 3-11cm wide, 3 parallel major veins on either side of midrib; spikes 5-15cm long x <1cm wide, peduncle 10-15cm long, flowers tiny, green, stamens yellowish and seem oversized; capsules 2.5-4mm long, light brown. | |