hoary plantain
Scientific name: Plantago media
Family: Plantaginaceae
Other common names;
Flowering time: May to August
Height: to 40cm
Growing conditions: chalk, limestone and clay soils, damp areas.
Nectar source for: butterflies, moths and hover-flies
Food source for: many birds
Description
A plant which is in decline likely due to the fertiliser improvement of grasslands.
How to identify: The flower spike of greenish white flowers with long pink-purple stamens is borne on an unbranched, leafless stem which is greyish, short and downy. The stem arises from a basal rosette of strongly ribbed leaves with 7 to 9 veins.
How to propagate: Pollinated by insects.
Family: Plantaginaceae
Other common names;
Flowering time: May to August
Height: to 40cm
Growing conditions: chalk, limestone and clay soils, damp areas.
Nectar source for: butterflies, moths and hover-flies
Food source for: many birds
Description
A plant which is in decline likely due to the fertiliser improvement of grasslands.
How to identify: The flower spike of greenish white flowers with long pink-purple stamens is borne on an unbranched, leafless stem which is greyish, short and downy. The stem arises from a basal rosette of strongly ribbed leaves with 7 to 9 veins.
How to propagate: Pollinated by insects.