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Plantago
Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of small, inconspicuous plants commonly called plantains or fleaworts. The common name plantain is shared with the unrelated cooking plantain, a kind of banana. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall.
14 branches of this group, most-observed first
Plantago
sectionPlantago
Section Lamprosantha
sectionLamprosantha
Pacifica
sectionPacifica
Virginica
sectionVirginica
Mesembrynia
sectionMesembrynia
Carpophorae
sectionCarpophorae
Micropsyllium
sectionMicropsyllium
Holopsyllium
sectionHolopsyllium
Heptaneuron
sectionHeptaneuron
Leptostachys
sectionLeptostachys
Eremopsyllium
sectionEremopsyllium
Plantago × mixta
hybridPlantago × mixta
Microcalyx
sectionMicrocalyx
Oliganthos
sectionOliganthos
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.49
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.122
The Secrets of Albertus Magnus on the Nature of Women and the Virtues of Herbs
Albertus, Magnus, Heiliger · 1604 · p.30
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.34
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.73
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.115
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.33
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.71
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.219
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.652
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung) · 1090 · p.25
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.34
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Plantago in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1045683.