ribwort plantain
Latin name: Plantago lanceolata
Family: Plantaginaceae
Other common names; grey text
Flowering time: April to October
Height: to 50cm
Growing conditions: dry areas, most soils types
Nectar source for: grey text
Food source for: goldfinches and other seed eating birds
Description
A perennial plant. In contrast to the long flower spikes of greater plantain, the short, oval flower heads of ribwort plantain appear as if balanced on the top of their thin, wiry stems. Its seed heads remain for most of the winter providing food for seed-eating birds.
How to identify: Ribwort plantain has spear-shaped leaves that form a rosette at the base of the plant. Short stems grow from its leaves, with compact flower heads that display protruding white stamens. The flower heads gradually turn brown and seed.
How to propagate: grey text
Family: Plantaginaceae
Other common names; grey text
Flowering time: April to October
Height: to 50cm
Growing conditions: dry areas, most soils types
Nectar source for: grey text
Food source for: goldfinches and other seed eating birds
Description
A perennial plant. In contrast to the long flower spikes of greater plantain, the short, oval flower heads of ribwort plantain appear as if balanced on the top of their thin, wiry stems. Its seed heads remain for most of the winter providing food for seed-eating birds.
How to identify: Ribwort plantain has spear-shaped leaves that form a rosette at the base of the plant. Short stems grow from its leaves, with compact flower heads that display protruding white stamens. The flower heads gradually turn brown and seed.
How to propagate: grey text